ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,608, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Distributed pneumatic supply system of an aircraft" was invented by Vincent Balocchi (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an air system for an aircraft, that includes air consumers; air sources and a network of ducts and associated control valves controlled by a control unit. The air system is characterized in that: the network of ducts and associated valves includes at least one isolation valve, arranged between an air bleed device and an air duct connecting an air conditioning pack and an auxiliary pow...