ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,993, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Aircraft overhead passenger service unit" was invented by Andre Hessling von Heimendahl (Koblenz, Germany) and Detlev Degenhardt (Stockelsdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft overhead passenger service unit comprises a plurality of oxygen masks for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers in an emergency situation; and at least two different oxygen mask storage portions, which are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction (L). The plurality of oxygen masks are stored in the at least two different ox...