US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on June 3 for "System, method, and valve assembly for surge protection" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,445, issued on June 3, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"System, method, and valve assembly for surge protection" was invented by Mohamed Elbibary (Everett, Wash.) and Hosam E. El-Gabalawy (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surge control system and method include a valve assembly located along a fluid conduit downstream of one or more compressors in a flow circuit, and configured to receive a fluid stream from the one or more compressors. The valve assembly includes a valve body, a pitot tube integrated onto the valve body, and a pressure sensor device operably connected to the pitot tube. A controlle...