ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,213, issued on April 8, was assigned to Electra Aero Inc. (Manassas, Va.).
"Systems and methods for controlling fluid flow" was invented by George Bucsan (McLean, Va.) and Tim Moser (Trimbach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a valve may include a core defining a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel. The core may be configured to rotate to at least a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the core is in the first position fluid flow may be facilitated in a first direction through the first channel and the third channel. When the core is in the second position fluid...