US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Oct. 27 for "Flow control device formed of thermally adaptive material and a thermoelectric junction" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,291, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Flow control device formed of thermally adaptive material and a thermoelectric junction" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control device, having: a flow tube extending between upstream and downstream, and a neck region between the first and second ends, wherein the flow tube includes: a wall defining an outer boundary and extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end and transversely from a first side to a second side, wherein: the wall is nonmet...