US Patent Issued to EMPA Eidgenossische Materialprufungs-und Forschungsanstalt, Wolfgang Schneider Ingenieurburo on May 20 for "Hydraulic drive for accelerating and braking components" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,544, issued on May 20, was assigned to EMPA Eidgenossische Materialprufungs-und Forschungsanstalt (Dubendorf, Switzerland) and Wolfgang Schneider Ingenieurburo (Thun, Switzerland).

"Hydraulic drive for accelerating and braking components" was invented by Patrik Soltic (Uhwiesen, Switzerland), Andyn Omanovic (Uster, Switzerland) and Wolfgang Schneider (Thun, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a more reliable configuration for a hydraulic drive for accelerating and braking in particular a gas exchange valve (20) of internal combustion engines or other reciprocating engines, in particular if the occurring max...