ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,802, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Flexible pump assembly for use in a fan drive" was invented by Alex Glavak (Neu-Ulm, Germany), Benjamin Rosenbaum (Arnsberg, Germany), Joerg Spang (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Ulrich Schill (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump assembly has a displacement volume that is continuously adjustable by a double-acting control cylinder having first and second control chambers, to which first and second receiving bores, respectively, are assigned. A pressure control valve in the form of a built-in valve is installed in one of the receiving bores and a 3/...