US Patent Issued to DANFOSS on June 3 for "System and methods for controlled lowering and lifting of a load" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,373, issued on June 3, was assigned to DANFOSS A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"System and methods for controlled lowering and lifting of a load" was invented by Michael Berne Rannow (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Vishal Vijay Mahulkar (Eden Praire, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for the controlled lowering and lifting of a load are disclosed. The system and method may include operating a work machine having a hydraulic system including a hydraulic actuator for supporting a load, a first control valve in fluid communication with the actuator, and a controller for operating the first control valve. In one embodiment, the ...