ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,414, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Single variable displacement fuel systems with fuel oil cooler bypass and gas generator fault accommodation" 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). A fuel oil cooler (FOC) is included in a first branch of a supply line. The FOC is in fluid communication to receive flow from a second outlet of the APS. The APS includes a bypass valve (BPV) in a second branch of the supply line,...