US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on May 13 for "Passenger selectable power mode operation for aircraft cabin environment" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,958, issued on May 13, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger selectable power mode operation for aircraft cabin environment" was invented by Mark B. Dowty (Rural Hall, N.C.) and Wynn S. Parrish (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for operating electronic equipment associated with a passenger seat and/or surrounding furniture in a vehicle cabin such as an aircraft cabin. According to a standard operating mode, electronic equipment is activated and/or operable without power consumption restrictions. According to a power saving operating mode, corresponding to an economy...