ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,351, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens Cedex, France).

"Pump arrangement" was invented by Manuel Merkle (Ebern, Germany), Roland Stoessel (Ebern, Germany), Anton Sauter (Ebern, Germany), Vladimir Nickel (Ebern, Germany) and Patrick Gegner (Ebern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump module for a drive unit of a motor vehicle, includes a housing module having an electronics housing and a pump housing, a circuit board which is received in the electronics housing and is equipped with electronic components. At least one connector plug is provided on the electronics housing and has electrical contacts wh...