US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on June 2 for "Cabin air compressor bypass for surge avoidance" (Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,667, issued on June 2, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Cabin air compressor bypass for surge avoidance" was invented by Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.), Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Mark G. Vignali (Simsbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmental control system for a vehicle includes at least one cabin air compressing device including a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet. The environmental control system additionally includes an environmental control system pack located downstream from and fluidly coupled to the compressor outlet via at least one condu...