US Patent Issued to HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK on March 17 for "Electromagnetic pilot-operated proportional pressure control valve" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,965, issued on March 17, was assigned to HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK GMBH (Sulzbach/Laufen, Germany).

"Electromagnetic pilot-operated proportional pressure control valve" was invented by Peter Bruck (Althornbach, Germany), Christian Groh (Gersheim, Germany), Frank Schulz (Blieskastel-Bierbach, Germany), Andre Jager (Sangerhausen, 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, e.g., a proportional valve, comprising a main piston for actuating a main volumetric flow and a pilot piston for actuating a pilot volumetric flow. The main piston...