US 12,479,581 B2
Cabin air compressor with integral heat exchanger
Donald E. Army, Enfield, CT (US); Louis J. Bruno, Ellington, CT (US); Aiden Coutin, Ogden, UT (US); Jeffrey Ernst, Wethersfield, CT (US); Kayla Gosse, Ellington, CT (US); and Erin G. Kline, Vernon, CT (US)
Assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,655.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,090, filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399112 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 13/08 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An environmental control system of a vehicle comprising:
a compressor having a compressor housing including a compressor inlet configured to receive a first medium, and a compressor outlet, wherein a compressed first medium is provided at the compressor outlet, a rotating portion arranged within the compressor housing, and a volute formed within the compressor housing;
a conduit configured to receive a second medium; and
a heat exchanger mounted to the compressor housing at a location between the compressor outlet and one of the rotating portion and the volute, wherein the heat exchanger is fluidly connected to a portion of the compressor and to the conduit.