US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on June 17 for "Retrofit wireless controller for aircraft passenger seats" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,787, issued on June 17, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Retrofit wireless controller for aircraft passenger seats" was invented by Haytham Hakla (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for remote control of a passenger control unit (PCU) via a mobile communications device includes a wireless controller and receiver installed between the PCU and a PCU control module connected to actuators for seats and other peripheral devices. The wireless controller includes a set of contacts mapped to a matrix of switches within the PCU. The wireless receiver receives a contact signal from a user devi...