ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,497, issued on July 7, was assigned to White's Welding LLC (Woodward, Okla.).

"Constant pressure generating system" was invented by Russell Thompson (Woodward, Okla.) and Alexander L. Marks (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure generation system that includes a pressure driving device, a sleeve and a piston sealingly and slidably disposed in the sleeve. The pressure generation system also includes a threaded shaft secured to the pressure driving device, the threaded shaft engages the piston to move the piston within the sleeve to compress fluid disposed in the sleeve to provide a pressurized fluid to a braking syste...