ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,534, issued on June 2, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Rate matching hydraulic actuators on common control manifold" was invented by Sachin Ramprashad (West Hartford, Conn.) and Eric Briggs (Indian Trail, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation assembly includes a control valve, a first actuator and a second actuator fluidly connected to the control valve via plumbing. The first actuator has a first extend port and the second actuator having a second extend port. A flow control device fluidly connected to the first actuator and the second actuator is operable to balance a flow rate of a fluid at ...