ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,760, issued on June 17, was assigned to HYDAC TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).

"Hydraulic accumulator" was invented by Peter Kloft (Ransbach-Baumbach, Germany), Torsten Kusserow (Thornich, Germany), Norbert Lange (Saarbrucken, Germany), Norbert Weber (Saarbrucken, Germany) and Armin Kort (Riegelsberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an hydraulic accumulator, in particular a diaphragm accumulator, having an accumulator housing and a separating element disposed therein, which separates two media spaces from each other, wherein a weld seam is formed by a laser or electron beam welding process wi...