US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on March 25 for "Floor dryer in an aircraft lavatory" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,129, issued on March 25, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Floor dryer in an aircraft lavatory" was invented by Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri (Secunderrabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to distribute air across a lavatory floor is disclosed herein. The system includes a dryer unit and at least one sensor in an aircraft lavatory coupled to a locking mechanism of the aircraft lavatory responsive to an action comprising an actuation of a slide switch to open the locking mechanism of a door of the aircraft lavatory wherein the dryer unit is electronically coupled to the at least one sensor. In resp...