ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,044, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"CAC motor auxiliary water cooling system" was invented by Debabrata Pal (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Aiden Coutin (Ogden, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cooling a cabin air compressor (CAC) motor includes a water separator which extracts water from airflow through a turbine and/or a fuel cell, and a CAC motor including cooling channels connected to an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the CAC motor receives water from the water separator. The steam at the outlet of the CAC motor can be repurposed fo...