US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on June 17 for "Methods of obtaining a biological sample representative of a passenger cabin on an aircraft using an air cyclonic collector via a cabin exhaust valve" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,152, issued on June 17, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Methods of obtaining a biological sample representative of a passenger cabin on an aircraft using an air cyclonic collector via a cabin exhaust valve" was invented by Eric Surawski (Hebron, Conn.), Kenneth Crawford (Manchester, Conn.), Donald E. Army (Enfield, Conn.), Kevin P. Walsh (Enfield, Conn.), Brian R. Shea (Windsor, Conn.) and Tony Ho (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring aircraft including removing a conical collector through a cabin exhaust valve of the aircraft wherein ambient cabin air has been driven fro...