US Patent Issued to T.J. Clark International on June 9 for "Multifunctional pumping assembly" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,650, issued on June 9, was assigned to T.J. Clark International LLC (Delaware, Ohio).

"Multifunctional pumping assembly" was invented by Jacob Thomas Jenkusky (Lewis Center, Ohio) and Michael Christopher Crumb (Delaware, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping assembly for a fuel delivery vehicle having main and auxiliary inlets, an outlet, and one or more hose connections. A pump moves fluid through the assembly, and the fluid can pass through a filter separator to remove contaminants. A specific manifold in combination with multiple, two-way valves enable control of the fluid flow to produce multiple fluid pathways. At least t...