ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,326, issued on July 1, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Hydraulic system and method for operating a hydraulic system" was invented by Peter Greb (Ottersweier, Germany), Marco Grethel (Buhlertal, Germany) and Peter Biegert (Gengenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a hydraulic system including a reversing pump which has two delivery connections via which a hydraulic medium can be delivered from a tank in opposite delivery directions in order to hydraulically actuate an actuating element and supply a cooling and/or lubricating system. The hydraulic system ...