ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,418, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dedicated thermal recirculation control" was invented by Ryan Shook (Loves Park, Ill.) and Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a main supply line and a thermal recirculation pump in fluid communication with the main supply line for supplying the thermal recirculation pump. The thermal recirculation pump is connected in fluid communication with a thermal recirculation line for providing fluid at an elevated pressure to the thermal recirculation line relative to the main supply line. A thermal recircula...