ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,381, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Wayne/Scott Fetzer Co. (Westlake, Ohio).
"Fluid pumping apparatus" was invented by Joshua Michael Wilds (Lancaster, N.H.), Michael Steven Garcia (Harrison, Ohio) and Buford A. Cooper (Sunman, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pumping apparatus having a motor, an impeller connected to a motor shaft of the motor for pumping fluid, a pump housing including an upper portion in which at least a portion of the motor is disposed and a base portion, the upper portion of the pump housing including a top portion and a substantially cylindrical wall extending longitudinally from the top portion ...