ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,468, issued on April 8, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (Holland, Pa.).
"Hydraulic damping rail for power shift transmission" was invented by Hamidreza Mahabadipour (Chicago) and Haibo Guo (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic damping rail includes a primary rail wall defining a primary rail volume, a rail inlet structured to provide communication of hydraulic fluid between a hydraulic pump and the primary rail volume, and a plurality of rail outlets configured to provide communication between the primary rail volume and a plurality of clutch valves. A spacing between adjacent pairs of rail outlets o...