ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,090, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PACOMA GMBH (Eschwege, Germany).
"Piston-cylinder unit, set comprising a piston-cylinder unit and a group of piston-cylinder units" was invented by Gunter Leicht (Stegaurach, Germany) and Karl-Wilhelm Herwig (Witzenhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a piston-cylinder unit. A piston motion sensor is arranged in a transverse bore of a cylinder head of the piston-cylinder unit. According to the invention, a positioning and/or alignment element is supported in the transverse bore on a floor, on which in turn the piston motion sensor is supported. The positioning...