US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AEROTECHNICS on Aug. 5 for "Breathing equipment for an aircraft, breathing assembly and method for stowing the breathing equipment" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,297, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAFRAN AEROTECHNICS (Plaisir, France).

"Breathing equipment for an aircraft, breathing assembly and method for stowing the breathing equipment" was invented by Jean-Philippe Sibuet (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Alexandre Besson (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathing apparatus for aircraft includesa breathing mask with an oronasal face cover and a support. The oronasal face cover has a cavity and the support supports a transparent lens and has an upper edge portion.An inflatable harness extends around the user's head opposite the shell and includes at least one rear po...