US Patent Issued to Bucher Hydraulics on Sept. 23 for "Pilot control unit for at least one valve drive of a hydraulic valve and method for operating same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,988, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Bucher Hydraulics GmbH (Klettgau, Germany).

"Pilot control unit for at least one valve drive of a hydraulic valve and method for operating same" was invented by Gerd Salah (Hennef-Blankenbach, Germany) and Steffen Hartmann (Wutoschingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pilot control unit is for at least one valve drive of a hydraulic valve with a valve slide. The valve slide can be adjusted by the valve drive, in order to supply hydraulic lines with hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic valve. The pilot control unit is set up to supply electronics and a power end stage for actuating ...