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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Viktor Kilchyk, Lancaster, NY (US);
Mark R. Gurvich, Middletown, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to control of flow of a fluid within a fluid conductor having fluid-impenetrable walls surrounding a lumen. The fluid impenetrable walls have a rigid portion, a thermally-deformable portion, and a thermal heater and/or cooler thermally coupled to the thermally-deformable portion. The thermally-deformable portion has a geometrical form that changes in response to changes in temperature of the thermally deformable portion. A flow controller receives a signal indicative of a desired flow rate and controls the thermal heater so as to cause the thermally-deformable portion to deform thereby controlling the fluid flow to the desired flow rate.