ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,410, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BUCHER HYDRAULICS AG (Neuheim, Switzerland).
"Hydraulic device" was invented by Peter Augustinus Johannes Achten (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic device comprises a housing and a shaft with a flange extending perpendicularly to a first axis of rotation. A plurality of pistons are fixed to the flange and move each in a sleeve supported by and rotatable with a barrel plate. The barrel plate is provided with a plurality of actuators for exerting counter forces (Fa) on the respective sleeves in a direction and at a location such that at least when one of the piston...