US Patent Issued to Turtle Pump on Sept. 22 for "Submersible pump housing" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,462, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Turtle Pump Co. LLC (Florissant, Colo.).

"Submersible pump housing" was invented by Gary Alan Ledford (Florissant, Colo.) and Christopher Albert Wiese (Cascade, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A submersible pump housing is a device that increases the pumping capacity and the power efficiency of a recirculating pump. The device includes an inlet converging nozzle, a tubular casing, an intermediate converging nozzle, a housing outlet, and an internal hub. The inlet converging nozzle facilitates the inflow of fluid from the surroundings and improves the fluid flow moving into the device. Th...