US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on April 14 for "Variable displacement hydraulic pump system with over-temperature prevention" (Arizona, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,334, issued on April 14, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Variable displacement hydraulic pump system with over-temperature prevention" was invented by Steve A. Krane (Cochise, Ariz.), Dean R. Pollee (Mattawan, Mich.), Evan W. Anderson (Portage, Mich.) and Daniel P. Rapin (Schoolcraft, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump system including a prevention mechanism for preventing excessive fluid temperature buildup of system fluid. The overheat prevention mechanism includes a thermally-responsive control component made with a thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive control component is located i...