US Patent Issued to Bosch Rexroth on June 30 for "Electric and hydraulic machine" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,120, issued on June 30, was assigned to Bosch Rexroth Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Electric and hydraulic machine" was invented by Enrique Busquets (Fountain Inn, S.C.), Uwe Neumann (Fountain Inn, S.C.), Andrea Vacca (Lafayette, Ind.) and Federico Zappaterra (Ferra, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric and hydraulic machine includes a housing defining a motor chamber and a pump chamber, a motor comprising a rotor and a stator positioned within the motor chamber, and a pump comprising a pumping element positioned within the pump chamber, the pumping element movable by the motor to displace fluid in the pump chamber. The pump ...