ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,740, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Woodward Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Hydraulic force fight mitigation" was invented by Michael L. Hahn (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes controlling, by a first fluid valve, a first fluid flow to a first fluid actuator, actuating, by the first fluid actuator, an output, controlling, by a second fluid valve, a second fluid flow to a second fluid actuator, and actuating, by the second fluid actuator, the output."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/...