US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Nov. 18 for "Controlling flow of a fluid using thermally deformable channel" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,721, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Controlling flow of a fluid using thermally deformable channel" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to control of flow of a fluid within a fluid conductor having fluid-impenetrable walls surrounding a lumen. The fluid impenetrable walls have a rigid portion, a thermally-deformable portion, and a thermal heater and/or cooler thermally coupled to the thermally-deformable portion. The thermally-deformable portion has a geometrical ...