US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace Systems on Aug. 26 for "Oxygen generator for use in an aircraft, passenger oxygen mask system, and aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,182, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Systems Gmbh (Lubeck, Germany).

"Oxygen generator for use in an aircraft, passenger oxygen mask system, and aircraft" was invented by Detlev Degenhardt (Stockelsdorf, Germany) and Phillip Ritter (Lubeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxygen generator for use in a passenger aircraft comprises an oxygen generating substance for generating oxygen gas after being activated; an activating substance for activating the oxygen generating substance; a pyroelectric igniter for igniting the activating substance upon receiving an electric trigger input; a housing defining a gas-ti...