ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,323, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HUBBELL Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Dual action hydraulic piston assembly" was invented by Cameron Michael-Daniel Torrey (Lancaster, N.H.), Robert Michael Poirier (Bedford, N.H.), Michael Anthony Guarrera (Amherst, N.H.), Luke John Desmarais (Milan, N.H.) and Thomas Romeo Faucher (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual action hydraulic piston assembly including a cylinder having first and second inlet ports on a first end and an outlet port on a second end, a conduit connected to the first inlet port and extending into the cylinder, an inner ram slidable along an outer surface of the ...