US Patent Issued to Applied Industrial Technologies on July 21 for "Hydraulic braking energy utilization for emergency steering, braking, charging accumulator(s), and/or work functions to reduce or prevent engine from overspeed, assist acceleration and/or unlimited towing" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,181, issued on July 21, was assigned to Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. (Cleveland).

"Hydraulic braking energy utilization for emergency steering, braking, charging accumulator(s), and/or work functions to reduce or prevent engine from overspeed, assist acceleration and/or unlimited towing" was invented by Wenling Babbitt (San Diego, Ohio) and W. E. Hoffner III (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method configured to direct the braking energy from a high-pressure port at the motor side of a hydraulic circuit to emergency steering, braking, accumulator(s) charging, and/or various work functions. The system and ...