ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,973, issued on June 23, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for actuating an injector, and control unit" was invented by Thibault Jean Roger Henrion (Bergheim bei Salzburg, Austria), Alexander Fuchs (Adnet, Austria) and Florian Moesenbichler (Abersee, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for actuating an injector (1), in particular a fuel injector, wherein the stroke movement of a nozzle needle (2) for opening and closing at least one injection opening (3) is controlled by means of the pressure in a control chamber (4), and the pressure in the control chamber (4) is meas...