ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,746, issued on June 10, was assigned to FLIGHT WORKS INC. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Normally-open valve assembly with variable speed fluid displacement" was invented by Christopher Bostwick (Long Beach, Calif.), Sudathsi Tennakoon (Corona, Calif.) and Eric Besnard (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are various enhanced systems, apparatuses, and techniques for fluid displacement along a fluid link using a pump. One example includes an assembly including a pump and a normally-open valve coupled along a fluid link between a reservoir and an accumulator. The pump can move fluid from the reservoir to the accumulat...