ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,963, issued on May 13, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Environmental control system including mixed-flow turbine" was invented by Nathan James Grathwohl (East Hartford, Conn.), Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Mark G. Vignali (Simsbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a vehicle includes at least one inlet for receiving at least one medium and a device arranged in fluid communication with the at least one inlet. The device includes a shaft rotatable about a shaft axis, a compressor connected to the shaft, and a turbine connected to the shaft and also configured to drive the compresso...