ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,540, issued on June 2, was assigned to HAWE Hydraulik SE (Aschheim, Germany).

"Method for determining the position of an armature of an electromagnet and fluid system" was invented by Markus Neumair (Aschheim, Germany) and Benjamin Hasner (Aschheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the position of an armature of an electromagnet, a method for determining the position of a valve member of an electromagnetically actuated fluid valve, and a fluid system comprising an electromagnetically actuated fluid valve and an electronic control unit executing the method for determining the position of a valve member ar...