ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,182, issued on April 8, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Load-controlled hydraulic supply for a utility vehicle" was invented by Manuel Billich (Dornstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-controlled hydraulic supply for a utility vehicle includes a variable-displacement pump supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic reservoir. The variable-displacement pump has a mechanically actuable control slide for changing a volume flow delivered. An electrical actuator is configured to actuate the control slide. A controller is configured to control the electrical actuator in accordance with a determined load requ...