ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,316, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DOBEN Ltd. (Windsor, Canada).

"Hydraulic cylinder and system with pressure intensification" was invented by David Simone (Amherstburg, Canada), Larry Koscielski (Lasalle, Canada) and Eric Michaud (Amherstburg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure cylinder includes a working cylinder and an intensification cylinder that is divided by a separator block. A working piston is arranged in the working cylinder and connected to a working rod that extends to an end portion. An intensification piston and an intensification rod are arranged in the intensification cylinder. A pump is configur...