US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on May 13 for "Digitally augmented pneumatic control" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,789, issued on May 13, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Digitally augmented pneumatic control" was invented by Jeffrey Ernst (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Scott W. Simpson (Feeding Hills, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airflow control system includes a valve including a valve disk rotatable within a flow control duct and a valve actuator connected to the valve disk. The valve actuator is operable to adjust a position the valve disk. A pneumatic controller is configured to regulate a pressure within the flow control duct downstream of the valve disk by adjusting the position of the valve disk when the...