ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,414, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Project Phoenix LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Diagnostic checks of a gear pump in a fluid system" was invented by Thomas Afshari (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of and system for self-check diagnostics. The system includes a pump control circuit that is configured for operating a first motor to rotate a first gear of a pump and a second motor to rotate a second gear of the pump. The pump control circuit also includes a sensor for determining a position and/or a velocity of the first gear. The system also including a diagnostic circuit that is configured to perform a diagnostic check to d...