US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 30 for "Pressure sensitive stop stroke for variable displacement pumps" (Illinois, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,045, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Pressure sensitive stop stroke for variable displacement pumps" was invented by Ryan Shook (Loves Park, Ill.) and Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. The VDP includes a variable stop configured to vary minimum displacement of the variable displacement mechanism based on position of the variable stop re...