ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,014, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).

"Hydraulic fuse" was invented by Jorge Carreno Del Pino (Bristol, Great Britain), Hassan S. Daginawalla (Bristol, Great Britain), Samuel J. Lawrence (Bristol, Great Britain), Harry A. Nichols (Bristol, Great Britain), Michael Yeandel (Bristol, Great Britain) and Gareth L. Jones (Caldicot, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic fuse comprising: a fuse body defining a plenum, the plenum comprising: an inlet configured to couple to a first fluid location; and an outlet configured to couple to a second fluid location. The...