ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,865, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Start pump and generator" was invented by Edward Goy (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Myles Kelly (Willimantic, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system for an aircraft includes a main fuel pump, a metering valve fluidly connected to the main fuel pump, a selector valve fluidly connected to the metering valve, a check valve fluidly connected to the metering valve, and an electric motor driven start pump fluidly connected to the check valve and the selector valve. During a start-up condition, the fuel system is configured to permit a fuel to flow t...