US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Jan. 28 for "Three pump fuel systems with selectable main and augmentor pumps" (Connecticut, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,538, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Three pump fuel systems with selectable main and augmentor pumps" was invented by Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.), Ryan Shook (Walla Walla, Wash.), James C. Kopp (West Hartford, Conn.) and Tyler J. Selstad (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system includes a main fuel pump sub-system (MFP) with an inlet for receiving a supply of fuel from an inlet line. The MFP has a main outlet line configured to supply fuel to a main fuel throttle valve assembly (MFTV), and a cross-over outlet line. An augmentor fuel pump sub-system (...