US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Dec. 30 for "Galley water pre-warmer for galley inserts using aircraft potable water and method" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,229, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Galley water pre-warmer for galley inserts using aircraft potable water and method" was invented by Andrew L. Pucker (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Thomas Joseph Moran (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Sami Movsesian (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for establishing a warmed potable water flow from an aircraft potable water supply with an ambient potable water supply directed from the potable water supply to provide at least supplemental cooling to a chilled air circuit, and where waste heat from the chilled air circuit is absorbed ...