ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,616, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Single variable displacement fuel systems with fuel oil coolers" was invented by Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.), Sachin Ramprashad (West Hartford, Conn.) and Ryan Shook (Walla Walla, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an actuation pump sub-system (APS) with an inlet configured to feed fuel from a fuel source into the APS, a first outlet configured for connecting the APS in fluid communication with an actuation system to supply fuel flow for actuation, a second outlet feeding into a supply line, and a third outlet feeding in...