US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sunstrand on Aug. 19 for "Cross-bleed safety mechanism for a linear hydraulic actuator" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,361, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hamilton Sunstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Cross-bleed safety mechanism for a linear hydraulic actuator" was invented by Sachin Ramprashad (West Hartford, Conn.) and Ryan Prescott Susca (Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to passively limiting a load of a stalled linear hydraulic actuator that actuates a kinematic device. Damage to a stalled linear hydraulic actuator, associated mounting structure(s), any associated linking mechanism(s), and/or a kinematic device controlled thereby can be prevented quickly and without necessarily forfeiting c...