ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,957, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Johnson Electric Motion Technology Canada Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Pre-pressurized system with reverse rotation of pump for valve actuation" was invented by Stephan Wegner (Aachen, Germany) and Ulrich Wienecke (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic-mechatronic system, for a vehicle that is connected to a target system, includes a housing with a fluid reservoir containing fluid, a communication port, a hydraulic pump, an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump, at least one check valve, and a relief valve fluidly connected to the target system and the fluid reservoir...