ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,212, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Proximity probe piston positioning systems" was invented by Erin E. Berry (Roscoe, Ill.) and Donna Laboda (Roscoe, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston assembly includes a housing, a piston positioned within the valve housing, and an inductive proximity probe sensor positioned on the housing configured to detect a position of the piston with the housing. The piston is configured to at least one of rotate or translate axially relative to the housing. The piston includes a variable surface. A fuel control system includes the piston assembly, a...