ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,207, issued on April 21, was assigned to HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK GMBH.

"Valve" was invented by Peter Bruck (Althornbach, Germany), Christian Groh (Gersheim, Germany), Frank Schulz (Blieskastel-Bierbach, Germany), Andre Jager (Sangerhausen / OT Oberroblingen, Germany), Lennard Gunther (Dresden, Germany) and Jan Frederik Lubbert (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a valve, comprising a main piston for actuating a main volumetric flow and a pilot piston for actuating a pilot volumetric flow. The main piston and the pilot piston are guided in a valve housing in a longitudinally movable manner, and the p...