ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,108, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Axial piston machine with neutral valve integrated in the pot-like housing part" was invented by Horst Cauas (Blaustein, Germany) and Ulrich Schill (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial piston machine has a displacement volume that is adjustable by a double-acting control cylinder, which is connected to an auxiliary pump via a fluid flow path that includes a first, a second, and a third control assembly. The transfer point is the point of the fluid flow path at which the plate-like housing part contacts the pot-like housing part. The rece...