US Patent Issued to Safran Aerotechnics on Nov. 25 for "Quick-donning and preventive wearing respiratory mask system for aircraft crew member" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,809, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Safran Aerotechnics (Plaisir, France).

"Quick-donning and preventive wearing respiratory mask system for aircraft crew member" was invented by Alexandre Besson (Sevres, France), Jean-Baptiste Delprat (Saclay, France), Jeremy Jacotey (Bougival, France), Olivier Potet (La ville-du-bois, France), Jean-Philippe Sibuet (Verneuil-sur-seine, France) and Adrien Vasseur (Dirinon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head armature for a respiratory system includes a cradle and a retention mechanism. The cradle is configured to receive a respiratory mask assembly in a stand-by position. The retention m...