US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Aug. 5 for "Managing condensate drainage within chilled air ductwork" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,988, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Managing condensate drainage within chilled air ductwork" was invented by Samuel P. Evans (Aylesbury, Great Britain), Nick Undricov (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Boryan Kashikov (Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air return duct and air return duct grille for a chiller in an aircraft galley has articulated slats that are biased to open during chilling cycles and close during defrost cycles. In the closed orientation, the articulated slats divert any condensate from the chiller to a collection hose; in the open orienta...