ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,101, issued on March 18, was assigned to BEKA Saint-Aubin S.A. (St-Aubin-Sauges, Switzerland).

"Hydropneumatic valve having a mechatronic module" was invented by Olivier Gasser (Veytaux, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a hydropneumatic valve for a vehicle train, comprising a hydraulic module, a pneumatic module and a mechatronic module, wherein the mechatronic module allows the pneumatic module to be activated independently of the hydraulic module."

The patent was filed on March 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/436,016.

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