ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,159, issued on June 10, was assigned to HYDAC MOBILHYDRAULIK GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).

"Actuating apparatus for at least one fluidically drivable load" was invented by Heinz-Peter Huth (Uberherrn, Germany), Marc Anton (Volklingen, Germany), Stephan Grun (Heusweiler, Germany) and Michael Berwanger (Kleinblittersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an actuation device for at least one fluidically drivable load (10), such as a hydraulic actuator, consisting of at least one valve controller (V1) for controlling an alternating movement of each load (10) and at least one suspension device (14) which is...