ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,028, issued on June 23, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Pneumatic system flow balancing architecture and method" was invented by Cody Daniel Gray (Jersey City, N.J.), Kevin Ronald Uleck (Forest Hill, Md.) and Alexander William Feldstein (Natick, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic system incorporated within a platform. The platform includes an air source that supplies air to an outlet and associated component. The pneumatic system includes conduit that extends between the air source to the outlet. A balancing valve and a flow control valve are positioned along the conduit to adjust the flow of air. ...