ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,640, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Ultraviolet light-emitting assembly" was invented by Arthur E. Brockschmidt Jr. (Renton, Wash.) and Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods for disinfecting surfaces using ultraviolet (UV) light are disclosed. In one aspect, a UV light-emitting assembly comprises a plurality of UV light emitters, and first and second UV light emitter supports seating the UV light emitters. A first heat sink is affixed to the first UV light emitter support and a second heat sink is affixed to the second UV light emitter supp...