ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,784, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Energy flow of an advanced environmental control system" was invented by Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, Conn.) and Harold W. Hipsky (Willington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressing device includes a first turbine a second turbine and a compressor. The first turbine is configured to provide a first energy by expanding a first medium and the second turbine configured to provide a second energy by expanding a second medium. The compressor is configured to receive the first energy and the second energy during a first mode of the compressing d...