US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 9 for "High turn down ratio direct control for variable displacement pumps with flow sensing" (Illinois, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,503, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"High turn down ratio direct control for variable displacement pumps with flow sensing" was invented by Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.) and Ryan Shook (Loves Park, Ill.).

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. A bypass valve (BPV) includes a BPV inlet in fluid communication with the outlet line, and a BPV outlet in fluid communication with a bypass line that feeds into the inlet line upstream of the VDP. An actuator is operatively conne...