US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Oct. 14 for "Ultraviolet light cleaning systems and methods of use" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,588, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Ultraviolet light cleaning systems and methods of use" was invented by Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a cleaning system that includes an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit a UV light in a predetermined wavelength range and a target having a predetermined transparency to the predetermined wavelength range. The cleaning system may further include a contact element removably coupled to the target. The UV light source cleans the target, which is configured to cause motion of ...