ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,970, issued on March 17, was assigned to HAWE Hydraulik SE (Aschheim, Germany).

"Method of forming a quadrant control valve system, quadrant control valve system and hydraulic system" was invented by Fabian Kreutmayr (Aschheim, Germany) and Markus Imlauer (Aschheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a quadrant control valve system for a hydraulic system is provided. The quadrant control valve system comprises at least one control valve assembly comprising at least one control valve, an electronic valve controller and a control valve sensor system. The method essentially comprises steps of automated quadrant-...