ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,088, issued on June 10, was assigned to DANA MOTION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.R.L. (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
"Variable displacement hydraulic motor" was invented by Federica Franzoni (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Fabio Natali (Modena, Italy) and Alessandro Sassi (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor, in one example, includes a swash plate with a tilt angle, multiple piston assemblies configured to rotate about a drive shaft. In the motor, each of the piston assemblies includes an inner piston slideably coupled to an outer piston that mates with a cylin...