ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,500, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Pump having motor rotor with insertion portions in magnet cover" was invented by Hidetoshi Ueda (Shiga, Japan), Masakuni Kimura (Shiga, Japan) and Masahiro Hirata (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump includes a motor and an impeller. The motor includes a rotor. The rotor includes a magnet and a magnet cover. The magnet cover covers at least a part of the magnet. The magnet cover is formed in a hollow-rod shape along an extension direction of the axis. The magnet cover includes an outer peripheral surface, an end s...