US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Oct. 28 for "Force modification of passive valve spools for control of nozzles" (Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,915, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Force modification of passive valve spools for control of nozzles" was invented by Brandon P. Williams (Johnston, Iowa), Jason A. Ryon (Carlisle, Iowa), Murtuza Lokhandwalla (South Windsor, Conn.), Todd Haugsjaahabink (Amherst, Mass.) and Charles E. Reuter (Granby, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an injector having a scheduling valve assembly and a nozzle in fluid communication with the valve assembly. The scheduling valve assembly is configured for regulation of flow from an inlet of the injector to the nozzle. An electromagn...