US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Oct. 7 for "Shape memory polymer integrated cushion upholstery using artificial muscles technology" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,844, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Shape memory polymer integrated cushion upholstery using artificial muscles technology" was invented by Chirag Krishnamurthy (Karnataka, India), Sourabh Vijaya Manae (Bengaluru, India) and Gururaja Nekkar (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upholstery is described. The upholstery includes a dress cover which covers a cushion. Artificial muscles are incorporated into the dress cover. The artificial muscles improve the pressure distribution between a passenger and the cushion. The artificial muscles are yarns which change length in response...