ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,342, issued on June 3, was assigned to POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIE (Veberie, France).

"Hydraulic machine comprising bearings for supporting the rotating component" was invented by Julien Engrand (Verberie, France), Gilles Grillon (Verberie, France), Stephane Bernard Quertelet (Verberie, France), Jeremy Gerard Respecte (Verberie, France), Philippe Lucienne (Verberie, France), Patrick Jalabert (Verberie, France), Adam Frey (Verberie, France) and Scott Glodowski (Verberie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rotating hydraulic machine (102) comprises: -a housing (10), -a shaft (20) movably mounted relative to the housing about an ...