US Patent Issued to Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Danfoss Power Electronics on Nov. 3 for "Pump assembly and improved fan shroud therefor" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,766, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc. (Cary, N.C.) and Danfoss Power Electronics A/S (Graasten, Denmark).

"Pump assembly and improved fan shroud therefor" was invented by James Miller (Sanford, N.C.), Montie Roland (Sanford, N.C.), Kevin Stewart (Apex, N.C.), Ryan Drabek (Loves Park, Ill.), George Miller (Loves Park, Ill.), Shawn Rink (Loves Park, Ill.) and Marvin Garcia (Loves Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan shroud for a pump assembly having a pump, a motor and a drive. The fan shroud includes a fan shroud end cap coupled to a rear bell end of the motor, the fan shroud end cap having a...