ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,721, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Hydraulic drive for a hydraulic consumer alternately pressurized in opposite directions during operation" was invented by Andreas Guender (Ramsthal, Germany), Henning Noack (Lohr am Main, Germany), Johannes Schwacke (Bad Orb, Germany), Ludwig Brandt (Goessenheim, Germany) and Rebecca Lacour (Rothenbuch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic drive for a hydraulic consumer alternately pressurized in opposite directions during operation is disclosed. The hydraulic drive includes (i) first and second hydraulic power outputs, (ii) a hydraulic machi...