US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on June 2 for "Crank for modular air valve system" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,537, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Crank for modular air valve system" was invented by Francis P. Marocchini (Somers, Conn.) and Theodore C. Wright (Montgomery, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a limiting system for defining a rotational limit of a valve disc of a butterfly valve can include, a crank configured to be disposed on a terminal end of a valve shaft and configured to connect to a drive linkage to drive the crank and rotation of the valve disc. The crank can include a crank arm extending radially outward from the ...