ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,706, issued on May 12, was assigned to Valeo Powertrain GmbH (Ebern, Germany).

"Hydraulic pump and module formed from such a hydraulic pump and a receptacle" was invented by Roland Stoessel (Ebern, Germany), Patrick Gegner (Ebern, Germany) and Katrin Ebert (Ebern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic pump includes a pump module and a main housing, the pump module has a pump housing and a cover. A pump element is arranged in the pump housing and is connected to a rotor arranged outside the pump housing, and the cover is latched to the pump housing by a first detent connection. The main housing has a stator, within which t...