ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,379, issued on July 1, was assigned to AIRBUS (CHINA) ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES COMPANY Ltd. (Beijing).

"Integrated aircraft passenger entertainment device, aircraft passenger seat and aircraft" was invented by Andreas Maurmaier (Guangdong, China), Alejandro Morales-Anton (Guangdong, China), Yiwen Mai (Guangdong, China) and Yuxin Luo (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft passenger entertainment device for an aircraft passenger seat is disclosed having a cover member attached to the seat so as to serve as a functional accessory for providing additional functions other than a seating function to the seat;...