ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,997, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Galley insert control module" was invented by Job Epskamp (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galley insert control module for an aircraft galley insert includes an electronics module for controlling an aircraft galley appliance and a magnesium alloy housing for the electronics module. The magnesium alloy housing may be arranged around the electronics module to form part of a physical barrier around the electronics module without physically supporting the electronics module. This can form a physical barrier which provides physical pr...