ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,215, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp. (Kirkland, Wash.).

"Method for managing flow equalization among consumers on a common distribution network" was invented by Jon M. Fifield (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems to manage and limit, by the development of a flow equalization equation, the amount of total input flow capacity within a network among three or more identical consuming members connected on a common distribution network. An objective of this method, and systems implementing the method, is to minimize the maximum input flow volume, such tha...