ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,780, issued on March 31, was assigned to New Swan Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhongshan, China).

"Air gun with onboard electric pump" was invented by Zuopeng Zhu (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an onboard electric pump assembly for an air gun. The onboard electric pump assembly includes: a high-speed DC motor powered by a battery; a controller that is operable by a user through a user interface, where the controller is configured to control the high-speed DC motor, and a mounting structure to mount the high-speed DC motor within the air gun an air gun."

The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2024...