US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on July 8 for "Integrally formed tray table with flexural hinges" (Philippine, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,316, issued on July 8, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Integrally formed tray table with flexural hinges" was invented by Daniel Emmanuel M Carandang (Makati, Philippines), Jovennie V Campomanes (Bacolod, Philippines), Rajesh Mohanam (Hyderabad, India) and Jenesis B Suministrado (Binan, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray table for an aircraft and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The tray table comprises a base portion, a first tray table portion, and a second tray table portion. A first flexural hinge pivots the first tray table portion relative to the base portion. A second f...