ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,540, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Indicator apparatus and method for producing same" was invented by Peter Linde (Buxtehude, Germany) and Awista Nasiri (Glinde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indicator apparatus for guiding interior aircraft occupants has a mounting device fastenable to a wall portion of the interior and having an indicator conveying an item of visual information to occupants. An indicator can be or is operated electrically, and the indicator can be or is connected to a power supply for operation. To create an indicator apparatus which helps improve orien...