ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,361, issued on July 8, was assigned to Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. (Ajax, Canada).
"Fuse pin valve" was invented by Gary Stephen Ataman (Ajax, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuse pin valve includes a housing, a piston, and a mechanical fuse, such as a fuse pin. As assembled, the piston is movably disposed in the housing and is retained in a static position by the fuse pin. Upon a certain pressure (e.g., an abnormal pressure) acting on the piston, the fuse pin fails, thereby releasing the piston to move from a first or start position to second or end position. In the start position of the piston, the valve is in a first...