US Patent Issued to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER on Sept. 16 for "Fluid module" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,320, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Fluid module" was invented by Quirin Hantzschmann (Maisach, Germany), William H. Newsome (Dexter, Mich.), Markus Gillmeister (Unterhaching, Germany), Jochen Meidlein (Munich) and Herbert Heinzinger (Sulzemoos, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid module configured to be connected to an aircraft, comprising a manifold configured to direct fluid flow from an inlet to an outlet, the outlet configured to be connected to a hydraulic system of the aircraft and the inlet configured to be connected to a ground source of fluid, the manifold comprising ...