ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,210, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, New Caledonia).

"Auto-cleaning of smart air ionizer" was invented by Hemanth Raghav Gajendra (Bangalore, India), Sujan Jayasimha Vasishta (Bangalore, India), Skandan Berikai Kuppan (Bangalore, India) and Sai Sankalp Shekar (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning mechanism for a smart air ionizer is provided. The cleaning mechanism includes an electrode configured with a plurality of carbon bristles exposed to an airflow and configured to ionize air in the airflow via the plurality of carbon bristles, a vibration mechanism, and a controlle...