ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,866, issued on June 17, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Aircraft lavatory trash compactor" was invented by Manikandan Dhanapal (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft lavatory trash compactor includes a water source, a valve actuator connected to the water source, a trash can disposed below the valve actuator, and a controller configured to activate the valve actuator to spray water into the trash can. A processor can receive a signal indicating a level of trash in a trash can. The processor can determine the level of trash in the trash can in response to receiving the signal. The process...