US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on June 23 for "Dual variable displacement pump fuel system with FOC bypass and washed actuation flow" (Illinois, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,981, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dual variable displacement pump fuel system with FOC bypass and washed actuation flow" was invented by Ryan Susca (Windsor, Conn.) and Ryan Shook (Loves Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an actuation pump sub-system (APS) with an inlet configured to feed fuel from a fuel source into the actuation pump sub-system, a first outlet configured for connecting the APS in fluid communication with an afterburner selector valve, a second outlet, and a third outlet for connecting the APS in fluid communication with an actuation system...