US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL on July 28 for "Carbon dioxide-based cleaning systems" (Illinois, Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,646, issued on July 28, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC. (Windsor Locks, Conn.).

"Carbon dioxide-based cleaning systems" was invented by Daniel Thorne (Terryville, Conn.), Ashley Rose Himmelmann Schuster (Chicago) and Daniel J. Kaplan (Melbourne Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbon dioxide-based cleaning systems include a holding tank containing a supply of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), a rotary cleaner having an internal drum arranged therein, the rotary cleaner fluidly coupled to the holding tank to receive liquid CO2 therefrom, the rotary cleaner configured to output CO2 with contami...