ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,695, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens Cedex, France).

"Hydraulic pump" was invented by Felix Zapf (Ebern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic pump includes a motor housing and a stator module arranged within the motor housing. The stator module has a support which is received in a retaining portion of the motor housing. In this case, the retaining portion has first wall portions with a first wall thickness and second wall portions with a second wall thickness, wherein the second wall thickness is less than the first wall thickness. Here, the second wall portions are connected materially to th...