ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,071, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aerial vehicle fluid control system with multi-way flow regulator" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.), Jose R. Paulino (Jupiter, Fla.) and Sean R. Jackson (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided that includes a regulator manifold and a regulator element. The regulator manifold includes an inlet passage, a first outlet passage and a second outlet passage. The inlet passage is configured to receive bleed gas from a core flowpath. The regulator element is within the regulator manifold and configured to pivot to a fi...