ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,300, issued on May 27, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Mid-pressure water separation for environmental control system" was invented by Raffi Mangoyan (Manchester, Conn.), Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, Conn.), Jessica M. Blamick (Pinehurst, N.C.) and Thomas Taing (Enfield, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water separator for use in an environmental control system of an aircraft includes a body having a first upstream end, a second downstream end, and plurality of fluidly distinct flow channels extending between the first upstream end and the second downstream end. A flow of medium provided to the water...