US Patent Issued to Moog on May 20 for "Device and method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a movement of a die cushion of a die cushion press" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,959, issued on May 20, was assigned to Moog GmbH (Boblingen, Germany).

"Device and method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a movement of a die cushion of a die cushion press" was invented by Werner Handle (Marbach am Neckar, Germany) and Achim Helbig (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In summary, the invention relates to a device and method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a movement of a die cushion of a die cushion press. The device has a control value encoder (11), a speed controller (12), a current controller (13), and a motor control device (14) for providing a nominal current for an electrical driv...