US Patent Issued to Whaling Fire Line Equipment on Sept. 15 for "Pilot controlled refill tanks for firefighting aircraft" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,312, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Whaling Fire Line Equipment Inc. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Pilot controlled refill tanks for firefighting aircraft" was invented by Mark David Whaling (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for filling a tank for a firefighting helicopter with water without ground personnel, comprising a pilot controlled valve assembly to selectively permit water to flow into the refill tank upon the receipt of a communication transmitted by a communication device within the helicopter. The pilot controlled valve assembly can include a supply valve configured to move between at l...