ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,388, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. (West Fargo, N.D.).

"System and methods for cycle time management" was invented by Charles Young (Bismarck, N.D.), Marty Carpenter (Bismarck, N.D.), Scott Becker (Bismarck, N.D.), Douglas Kallas (Mandan, N.D.), Matthew Kaldor (Bismarck, N.D.) and Eric Zabel (Bismarck, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic work system can include a continuously variable displacement hydraulic pump that is powered by an engine and is in communication with a hydraulic actuator. A run-time displacement of the hydraulic pump for movement of the hydraulic actuator can be con...