US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on June 24 for "Rotating disinfecting device that includes ultraviolet emitters" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,071, issued on June 24, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Rotating disinfecting device that includes ultraviolet emitters" was invented by Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for disinfection. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a disinfecting device. The disinfecting device includes a shell configured to rotate about an axis, ultraviolet emitters that are configured to emit UV light, and rotational couplings that couple the UV emitters to the shell, and provide for multi-axial rotation of the UV emitters relative to the shell."

The pat...