US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 15 for "Air distribution panel for distributing air and sensing environmental conditions" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,629, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Air distribution panel for distributing air and sensing environmental conditions" was invented by William C. Haas (Chicago) and Nicholas A. Jones (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air distribution panel for aircraft comprises a primary air inlet port, a housing fluidly coupled to the primary air inlet port, and an environmental sensor. The primary air inlet port is configured to be fluidly coupled to and receive primary air from an air distribution plenum. The housing comprises an air outlet chamber and a secondary air inlet chamber. The primary air is...