ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,340, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Method for detecting a safe state of a valve of a hydraulic system" was invented by Florian SuB (Weinstadt, Germany) and Dietmar Hackl (Buhl, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a safe state of a switchable valve of a hydraulic system of an actuator in a motor vehicle includes the at least one first switchable valve, which is actuated by being energized, a pump, and a controller which controls at least the first switchable valve and the pump. The pump delivers the fluid to a first load in a first rotationa...