US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on Sept. 16 for "Overhead stowage bin with electronic control system" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,605, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Overhead stowage bin with electronic control system" was invented by Sivakumar Dwaraganathan (Bangalore, India), Frank Hashberger (Snohomish, Wash.), Rameshkumar Balasubramanian (Apple Valley, Minn.), Aravinda Mahabaleshwara (Hyderabad, India), Rajesh Mohanam (Hyderabad, India) and Ashwin Srinivasa (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking system for an overhead stowage bin may comprise a latch and an electromechanical actuator configured to actuate the latch. A bin controller may be electrically coupled to the electromechanical actu...