US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Aug. 11 for "Mid-pressure water separation for environmental control system" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,943, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Mid-pressure water separation for environmental control system" was invented by Kayla Krauth (Weatogue, Conn.) and Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, 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 an outer housing having an upstream end, a downstream end, and a longitudinal axis. A vane assembly is arranged within the outer housing and is spaced about the longitudinal axis. The vane assembly defines a plurality of flow channels. At least one flow channel of the plurality of flow chan...