ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,259, issued on Jan. 13, 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 flow of a first medium, a second inlet for receiving a flow of a second medium, and a thermodynamic device fluidly coupled to both the first inlet and the second inlet. The thermodynamic device includes a compressor and at least one tur...