ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,994, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to B/E Aerospace (UK) Ltd. (Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain).

"System for cooling an aircraft galley trolley" was invented by Ashley Salvin (Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain) and Daniel H. Wall (Baldock, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cooling an aircraft galley trolley. The system includes a trolley cooling compartment for stowing an aircraft galley trolley; and a heat exchanger to provide cold air to the trolley cooling compartment. The trolley cooling compartment defines an inlet proximal to the base of the trolley cooling compartment for receiving the cold air. The tro...