ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,840, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Jet pump system" was invented by Gary Kumagai (Walnut, Calif.), Robert Lamb (Yeovil, Great Britain) and Steven Goddard (Yeovil, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bleed system including control circuitry and a variable jet pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive a signal indicative of a fluid parameter in the bleed system and cause the jet pump to alter a mixing ratio of a higher pressure gas and a lower pressure gas based on the signal. The jet pump is configured to combine the lower pressure gas and the higher pressure ...