ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,123, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FEMA CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN (Portage, Mich.).

"Hydraulic parallel work systems" was invented by Charles Bowden (Battle Creek, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for hydraulic parallel work systems is provided. The system includes a fixed displacement pump (110), a closed-center circuit (300), an open-center hand metering unit (HMU) (200), and a tank (120). The closed-center circuit is in fluid communication with the fixed displacement pump. The open-center HMU is in fluid communication with the fixed displacement pump at an inlet port (204) of the HMU. The tank is fluidly connected ...