ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,548, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Hyperloop environmental control system" was invented by Richard Rusich (Ellington, Conn.) and Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmental control system for conditioning a cabin of a vehicle positioned in an enclosed air-evacuated environment includes a first inlet for receiving a first medium and at least one inlet for receiving a second medium. The second medium includes a first flow of the second medium and a second flow of the second medium. A thermodynamic device is fluidly coupled to the first inlet and inclu...