US Patent Issued to HITACHI RAIL STS on Nov. 11 for "Electric or hybrid traction vehicle equipped with an air conditioning system, with heat recovery from cooling of electrical and/or electronic components" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,239, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HITACHI RAIL STS S.P.A. (Naples, Italy).

"Electric or hybrid traction vehicle equipped with an air conditioning system, with heat recovery from cooling of electrical and/or electronic components" was invented by Adolfo Palombo (Naples, Italy), Annamaria Buonomano (San Felice a Cancello, Italy), Giovanni Barone (Naples, Italy), Cesare Forzano (Naples, Italy), Beniamino Cascone (Naples, Italy) and Pietro Venanzio (Naples, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric or hybrid traction vehicle is provided with a passenger compartment conditioned using an air conditioning system, and with elect...