ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,954, issued on April 14, was assigned to LANGENSTEIN & SCHEMANN GMBH (Coburg, Germany).

"Hydraulic forming machine for pressing workpieces, in particular forging hammer, and method for operating a hydraulic forming machine, in particular a forging hammer" was invented by Markus Otto (Lautertal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The underlying invention relates particularly to a hydraulic forming machine, more particularly a forging hammer, for workpiece forming, comprising a hydraulic cylinder for driving a ram configured for workpiece forming, and a hydraulic circuit configured for operation of the hydraulic cylinder, wherein ...