US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 15 for "Transfer valve with dual authority control porting" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,068, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Transfer valve with dual authority control porting" was invented by Wayne Johnson (West Hartford, Conn.) and Michael Ferrarotti (Durham, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a transfer valve with dual authority control porting. The transfer valve has a hydraulic cylinder having a cylindrical wall extending between first and second ends. The cylindrical wall has hydraulic ports therethrough for facilitating operation of the transfer valve. Within the hydraulic cylinder, a bilaterally moveable spool is axia...