US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on Nov. 3 for "Electro-hydraulic actuator systems and methods of operating the same" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,771, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Electro-hydraulic actuator systems and methods of operating the same" was invented by Andrea Vacca (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Shaoyang Qu (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-hydraulic actuator system includes a fixed-displacement hydraulic pump and a variable speed electric motor configured in combination to constitute an individual electro-hydraulic unit that is coupled to an actuator, and a bypass valve in parallel to the actuator. The system is configured to enable the actuator to be operated at actuation speeds th...