ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,027, issued on May 26, was assigned to EMG AUTOMATION GMBH (Wenden, Germany).

"Electrohydraulic actuating device having integrated electrical functional elements" was invented by Roman Fuchs (Wenden, Germany), Alexander Kabs (Hagen, Germany), Peter Grella (Oschersleben, Germany), Alexander Morgenstern (Freudenberg, Germany), Uwe Wurster (Olpe, Germany) and Mike Holterhoff (Wenden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrohydraulic actuation device is descried with an electric motor and a pump driven by the electric motor for the operation of a hydraulic unit with a positioning cylinder, a piston and a piston rod serving as act...