US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Nov. 18 for "Portable electronic device holder with socket and rotating partial-cylinder" (North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,089, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Portable electronic device holder with socket and rotating partial-cylinder" was invented by Michael Boyd (Kernersville, N.C.), Travis J. Vaninetti (Bothell, Wash.) and Mauricio Santiago (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device (PED) holder for being mounted to a structure such as a passenger seat backrest. In embodiments, the PED holder includes a socket, a hollow partial-cylinder rotatably disposed in the socket, and an adjustable clamp mounted in the hollow partial-cylinder. The hollow partial-cylinder and the sock...