ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,307, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"System for pumping and metering a fluid for a turbine engine and method for controlling such a system" was invented by Antoine Pascal Moutaux (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Alexis Thomas Valentin Longin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), David Bernard Martin Lemay (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Philippe Jean Rene Marie Benezech (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pierre Anthony Sicaire (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for pumping and metering a fluid for a turbine engine, which system includes at least one pump for the fluid and an electronic...