US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 15 for "Low solidity coalescing tube bundle elbow" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,072, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Low solidity coalescing tube bundle elbow" was invented by Donald E. Army (Enfield, Conn.) and Patrick McCord (Norwich, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coalescing tube bundle elbow for a water collector includes an inlet end, an outlet end, and a body section fluidly connecting the inlet and outlet ends. The inlet end can receive a fluid flow in an at least partially gaseous state in an incoming direction. The outlet end can discharge the fluid flow in an at least partially liquid state in an outgoing direction. The body section can condens...