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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2024
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Viktor Kilchyk, Williamsville, NY (US);
John Giuliano, North Granby, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An air cycle machine (ACM), having a heat exchanger having a front end and an aft end; a compressor at the front end of the heat exchanger; a turbine at the aft end of the heat exchanger; a shell having a shell front part that surrounds the compressor and defines a shell inlet, a shell aft part that surrounds the turbine and defines a shell outlet, and a shell middle part that surrounds the heat exchanger, wherein a flow passage is defined within the shell and around the compressor, through the heat exchanger, and around the turbine; and a shaft extending between the compressor and the turbine that couples the compressor and the turbine.