ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,715, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Hybrid environmental control system for split cooling" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Aiden Coutin (Ogden, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a first area conditioned by a first medium, a second area conditioned by a second medium, and an air management system. The air management system includes a source of third medium, an environmental control system fluidly coupled to the source of third medium and to the second area, and a closed loop vapor compression system having a refrigeration medium circulating there...