ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,730, issued on July 29, was assigned to INGLASS S.P.A (San Polo di Piave, Italy).

"System for operating a fluid actuator" was invented by Massimo De Nadai (San Polo di Piave, Italy), Massimo Bisetto (San Polo di Piave, Italy) and Massimo Rossi (San Polo di Piave, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is described comprising an actuator with a piston linearly movable and a needle shutter connected to the piston for regulating the injection flow of molten material from a nozzle into a mold. By a supply circuit pressurized fluid is brought to the piston to move it back and forth. A solenoid valve is connected to the supply circu...