US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, June 3:
North Carolina Inventors Develop Wall Mounted Kaleidoscope
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Patricia L. Peffer of Hendersonville, N.C., and George B. Waites of Arden, N.C., have developed a wall mounting kaleidoscopic structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall mounted kaleidoscope is suitable for mounting within an opening ...
Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Engine Valve Lifter Guide
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Sriram Balaraman of Wood Dale, Ill., Susan L. Lukasik of Lombard, Ill., Kenneth R. Seymour II of Plymouth, Wis., have developed an engine valve lifter guide. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve lifter guide includes at least one ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Small Internal Combustion Engine
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Yoshimoto Matsuda of Kobe, Japan, has developed a vehicle small engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small internal combustion engine including a crankcase, a crankshaft rotatably mounted in an interior of the crankcase by crankshaft ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Corneal Topography Analysis System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Stephen D. Klyce and Michael K. Smolek, both of New Orleans, and Masanao Fujieda of Toyohashi, Japan, have developed an analysis system for corneal topography. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corneal topography analysis system includes: ...
Texas Inventors Develop Parity Checked Buffers Access Operation Expedition Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Mark A. Luttrell of Cedar Park, Texas, and Paul J. Jordan of Austin, Texas, have developed a single chip multithreaded processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for expediting parity checked translation lookaside ...
Austrian Inventors Develop Hybrid Vehicle Operation Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Raimund Ellinger, Wolfgang Kriegler, Michael Weissback and Peter Ebner, all from Graz, Austria, have developed a hybrid vehicle with a drive train. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating a hybrid ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Eyeglass Detection Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Riad I. Hammoud and Phillip V. Malawey, both of Kokomo, Ind., have developed a method for detecting eyeglass. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presence of eyeglasses worn by a human subject is detected regardless of whether the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Engine Lubrication Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Yosuke Hoi of Saitama, Japan, has developed a relief valve for an oil pump. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricating apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided in which an oil discharge passage, extending from the oil ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Engine Oil Level Indication System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Daryl Self of Trenton, Mich., Jamie Mink of Brownstown, Mich., Paul Reinhart of Livonia, Mich., and Dave Frayne of Plymouth, Mich., have developed an engine oil level indicating system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil level ...
German Inventors Develop Housing, Sealing Cover Arrangement
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Thomas Kamps of Kurten, Germany, and Jurgen Kurth of Odenthal, Germany, have developed housing sealing covers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for sealing a housing with a cover that includes a central hole for holding a ...
California Inventor Develops Ternary Content Addressable Memory Range Matching System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dinesh Maheshwari of Fremont, Calif., has developed a memory range matching system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and circuit to implement a match against range rule functionality. A first rule entry and ...
German Inventor Develops Two-Stroke Engine Power Tool
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Antonio Fattorusso of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, has developed an engine power tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is driven by a two-stroke engine. The two-stroke engine has a cylinder and a piston reciprocating ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Engine Oil Return Device
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Arata Taguchi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an engine oil return device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine oil return device for an engine having a cylinder head and a cylinder block is disclosed. The oil return device ...
Tennessee Inventor Develops Engine Valve, Cylinder Head Assembly
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Charles E. Price of Mount Juliet, Tenn., has developed an engine valve apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a valve member configured to be reciprocatably disposed within a valve pocket defined by an interior ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Diesel Aircraft Engine
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Michael J. Fuchs and Steven M. Weinzierl, both of New Richmond, Wis., have developed a diesel aircraft engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an engine, including two banks of cylinders in a flat, opposed cylinder ...
California Inventors Develop Disk Drive Write Operation Performance Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Teik E E Yeo of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and Weiping Chen Jiang of Laguna Niguel, Calif., have developed a disk drive track address correction method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Lens Unit, Image Capturing Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Masaaki Chigasaki of Toyonaka, Japan, and Takashi Kato of Sakai, Japan, have developed an image capturing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens unit for focusing light onto an image pickup device, including: a frame body; a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Tape Servo Signal Inspection Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Tetsuya Saitou of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a magnetic tape servo writer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A servo writer of the invention writes a servo signal in a magnetic tape, reads and inspects the signal, and has a servo writer ...
British Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Flash Memory System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Alan David Bennett and Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets, both of Edinburgh, Great Britain, and Peter John Smith of Eskbank, Great Britain, have developed non-volatile flash memory systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Update data to a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Magnetic Field Application Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Michinobu Fujisawa of Odawara, Japan, has developed a magnetic transfer apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic field application apparatus includes a pair of magnetic field application means, each of which is arranged, at ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Disk Device Failure Prediction Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Akira Kojima, Toru Miyazaki, Kunihiro Nunomura, and Takeshi Shikama of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a magnetic disk device diagnosing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warning against the possible failure is accurately sent from ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Tape Timing Based Servo Signals Peak Detection Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Nhan Xuan Bui, Ernest Stewart Gale and David Lee Swanson, all from Tucson, Ariz., and Eiji Ogura of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a magnetic tape timing based servo system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selection of servo signals for ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Optical Device with Alignment Compensation Module
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Steven K. Case of St. Louis Park, Minn., Timothy A. Skunes of Mahtomedi, Minn., Michael Knipfer of Maple Grove, Minn., and Gregory S. Mowry of Burnsville, Minn., have developed an alignment compensation module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Command Signal Selectively Transmission Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dong-yang Lee of Kyungki-do, South Korea, has developed signals transmitting methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transmitting a command signal and an address signal to a rank which is to be accessed includes receiving and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Master Carrier for Magnetic Transfer
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Hideyuki Kubota, Akito Kamatani and Masakazu Nishikawa, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a magnetic transfer process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A master carrier for magnetic transfer having a data region and a servo pattern ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Optical Pickup Actuator
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dae jong Jang of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Duk-young Chong of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a magnet for an optical pickup actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin, support members, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Disk Drive Offset Compensation Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Seung Chul Park of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a disk drive offset compensating system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for compensating an offset of a disk drive which is accomplished by recording actual spin jitter ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Memory Controller
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Mikio Sakurai of Iharaki, Japan, has developed a semiconductor integrated circuit device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory controller is connected with a first memory requiring refresh and a second memory not requiring refresh, ...
California, Washington Inventors Develop NAND Flash Memory Management Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Gregory G. Williams of Menlo Park, Calif., Michael G. Love of San Francisco, Stephen Z. Au of San Jose, Calif., and Harjit Singh of Redmond, Wash., have developed a memory management method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory ...
California Inventor Develops Electronic Files Updating Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Ying-Hsin Robert Chiang of San Jose, Calif., has developed an electronic files updating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for updating electronic files and file components are provided. An upgrade client of a ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Memory Access System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Reinhard Schumann of Exeter, N.H., has developed a memory access method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are a method and system for memory access. As the complexity of digital signal processing applications increases, ...
U.S., Thai, Malaysian Inventors Develop Disk Drive Warping Detection Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dean V. Dang of Amphur Prakret, Thailand, Chakrit Choosang of Bangkae, Thailand, Philip Bernard Saram of Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, and Jonas A. Goode of Lake Forest, Calif., have developed a disk drive. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Storage Device Head Flying Height Measuring Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Toru Yokohata, Takahiro Imamura and Atsuo Iida, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a magnetic storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Firstly, in order to check the noise level of a device, direct current erasure is applied ...
German Inventor Develops Optical Arrangement Closing Module
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Thomas Schletterer of Konigsbronn, Germany, has developed a lens barrel with a closing module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Closing module for an optical arrangement, in particular for an objective for microlithography, comprising an ...
Indian Inventors Develop Fixed Focus Handy Ovulation Tester
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Gopal Krishan Sachdev and Harinder Preet Singh Bakshi, both of Gurgaon, India, have developed a portable ovulation testing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a fixed focus handy ovulation tester, the ...
U.S., French, Singapore Inventors Develop Downhole Recorder System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dominique Dion of Plaisir, France, Onur Ozen of Clamart, France, Lionel Pin of Meylan, France, James Mayes of Sugar Land, Texas, Lionel Beneteau of Houston, and Thierry Leroy of Singapore, have developed a recorder system for downhole assembly. According to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop High-Speed Memory System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Muneo Fukaishi, Masato Motomura, Yoshiharu Aimoto and Masakazu Yamashina, all from Tokyo, have developed a high-speed memory system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system has a memory controller and a plurality of memories. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Processor Second-Cache Driving Circuit
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Mie Tonosaki and Tomoyuki Okawa, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a second-cache driving/controlling circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for driving and controlling a second cache that is incorporated in a processor ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Plasma Processing Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Masahiro Sumiya and Naoki Yasui, both of Kudamatsu, Japan, Seiichi Watanabe of Tokuyama, Japan, and Hitoshi Tamura of Hikari, Japan, have developed a semiconductor plasma processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma ...
Michigan Inventors Develops Reduced Noise Engine Start-Stop System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dimitrios Rizoulis of Ann Arbor, Mich., Craig D. Marriott of Clawson, Mich., Kenneth J. Buslepp of Brighton, Mich., Douglas R. Verner of Sterling Heights, Mich., and William C. Albertson of Clinton Township, Mich., have developed an engine start-stop ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Automated Pet Toy
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Michele Levan of Philadelphia has developed an animal toy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for amusing a cat or other pet is provided that has a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, a motor disposed in the housing, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Medical Waste Treatment Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Kazuo Kojima, Koutarou Mine, Kiyohiro Furuno and Takatoshi Kanou, all from Shiga, Japan, have developed a treatment apparatus for medical waste. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical waste treatment apparatus which comprises: a ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Downhole Release Tool
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Michael L. Connell of Duncan, Okla., and James C. Tucker of Springer, Okla., have developed a downhole release tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release tool includes a first subassembly and a second subassembly. A connector is ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Retinal Function Optical Imaging Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Manabu Tanifuji and Kazushige Tsunoda, both of Saitama, Japan, have developed an optical imaging method for retinal function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for optical imaging of retinal function comprises an illuminating ...
German Inventor Develops Fast Unaligned Cache Access System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Klaus J. Oberlaender of Neubiberg, Germany, has developed a fast unaligned cache access system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cache unit multiple memory towers, which can be independently addressed. Cache lines are divided among ...
California Inventor Develops Pet Bed Covering with Integrated Pillow
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Vern Duncan of Santa Maria, Calif., has developed a pet bed covering. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet bed covering apparatus has a pillow region and a side region. The pillow region is adapted to at least substantially cover the ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Device
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Sang-Bo Lee and Min-Sang Park, both of Yongin-si, South Korea, Chul-Soo Kim and Jin-Seok Kwak, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, Young-Hyun Jun of Seoul, South Korea, and Seong-Jin Jang of Seongnam-si, South Korea, have developed a semiconductor memory ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Stratified Vapor Generator
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Desikan Bharathan of Lakewood, Colo., and Vahab Hassani of Golden, Colo., have developed a mixed fluid stream vaporizing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stratified vapor generator comprises a first heating section (H.sub.1) and ...
South Carolina Inventor Develops Bird Feeder for Preventing Food Waste
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- D. Calvin Baynard of Manning, S.C., has developed a bird feeder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "bird feeder having an upstanding circular housing with a cone shaped floor, a plurality of openings arranged about ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit with Processing Module
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Andrei Radulescu and Kees Gerard Willem Goossens, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed an integrated circuit with processing module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "integrated circuit comprising a ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Pointer with One-Piece Hub Device
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Franky Tenka of Ypsilanti, Mich., has developed a pointer assembly for a display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pointer for a display snaps into a hub device. The hub device has a body including a cap, a light ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Frame Order Processing Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Nai-chih Chang and Pak-lung Seto, both of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Victor Lau of Marlboro, Mass., have developed a digital communications method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ocular Depth Dimension Measurement Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Masaaki Hanebuchi of Nukata-gun, Japan, has developed an apparatus for measuring ocular depth dimension. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular depth dimension measurement apparatus capable of accurately obtaining an ocular depth ...
Texas Inventor Develop Well Production Optimization System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Danny M. Casey of Huntsville, Texas, has developed a well production optimizing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and system for controlling a producing cycle in a well, during the production cycle, ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Data Byte Transfer Instruction
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Ramesh Saripalli and Hugo Cheung, both of Tucson, Ariz., have developed a data byte transfer instruction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data speed in an two-wire serial (I.sup.2C) system is increased by operating a master central ...
Japanese Inventor Develops High Zoom Ratio Zoom Lens System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Susumu Sato of Yotsukaido, Japan, has developed an electronic still camera. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing a high zoom ratio zoom lens system having a short total lens length and a small diameter of the first group despite of ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Pupil Regulated Multifocal Contact Lenses
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Jeffrey H. Roffman, Ganesh Kumar, Poling Jubin Timothy R., all from Jacksonville, Fla., and Michel Guillon of London, have developed a hybrid contact lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a multifocal ophthalmic lens ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Tag
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Milan Milenkovic and Vijay Tewari, both of Portland, Ore., have developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for correlating physical and logical attributes of devices include ...
French Inventor Develops Inflatable Boat
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Dominique Zeromski of Villenouvelle, France, has developed an inflatable boat with inflatable chambers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable boat possessing at least two inflatable chambers and a device for distributing gas under ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Non-Linting Nonwoven Fiber
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Jonathan Paul Brennan of Cincinnati has developed a multi-layer nonwoven web. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The nonwoven web of the present invention is a layered structure that takes advantage of the ...
British Inventors Develop Information Technology Management System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Marian Morgan and William Bruce Morgan, both of Fareham, Great Britain, Simon Keith Lambourn of Twickenham, Great Britain, Andrew David Missen of Leeds, Great Britain, and Guy Iain Tarrant Sidford of Redditch, Great Britain, have developed an information technology ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Home Network System Control Method
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Kyong Soo Hwang and So Hee Heo, both of Daegu, South Korea, and Myoung Hwa Ko of Gumi-si, South Korea, have developed a home network system control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method and a control system for a home ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Eye Oculus Distance Measuring Apparatus
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Yasufumi Fukuma, Hiroyuki Otsuka and Kazuhiko Yumikake, all from Tokyo, have developed an apparatus for ophthalmology. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ophthalmologic apparatus splits low coherence light into a signal light and a ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Interchangeable Eyewear System
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Ira Lerner of New York, and Toshiro Fujiuchi of Fukui-Pref, Japan, have developed an eyewear assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyewear system enables a person to switch lenses among a variety of frames or switch a variety of ...
Texas Inventor Develops Subterranean Flow Control Piloting Actuator Valve
Jun 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 3 -- Murat Ocalan of Houston has developed downhole completions pilot valves. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piloting actuator valve controls flow in a well. The piloting actuator valve is combined with a downhole completion and utilizes a ...