ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,755, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Clogged air filter detection for galley inserts" was invented by Mudar Abu-Saymeh (Olathe, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air filter health monitoring system includes a filter spanning an air passage for filtering solids and/or liquids out of an air flow passing through the air passage. An illuminator is positioned on a first side of the filter and directed to illuminate the filter. An illumination sensor is positioned on a second side of the filter. The illuminator and illumination sensor can each be spaced apart from the filter. The filter ca...