US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on June 16 for "Mid-pressure water separation for environmental control system" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,119, issued on June 16, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Mid-pressure water separation for environmental control system" was invented by Donald E. Army (Enfield, Conn.), Patrick McCord (Norwich, Conn.) and Thomas E. Vatter (Holyoke, Mass.).

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 coalescing channel having a curved housing. The coalescing channel has a hollow interior. A coalescing insert is arranged within the hollow interior of the coalescing channel. The coalescing insert has an upstream end, a downstream end, and plurality of f...