ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,453, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy Ltd. (Takahashi, Japan).
"Pump assembly" was invented by Shoichi Takada (Takahashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump assembly includes an axial gap motor including a stator, a motor rotor, and a motor shaft, and a pump including a pump rotor configured to be rotated by the motor rotor and a pump housing configured to house the pump rotor. The stator includes a yoke having an annular shape, and a plurality of teeth disposed on a first surface of the yoke. The pump is disposed in an internal space surrounded by the plurality of teeth. The pump housing has...