US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for maintaining electrical contact in relation to an ultraviolet lamp" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,526, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for maintaining electrical contact in relation to an ultraviolet lamp" was invented by Arthur Edward Brockschmidt Jr. (Renton, Wash.) and Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for connecting an ultraviolet (UV) lamp with an electrical coupling includes a braid attachment coupled to the UV lamp, and a conductive layer secured to at least a portion of the braid attachment. In at least one embodiment, the conductive layer includes a foil wrapped around the at least a portion of the braid attachment. In...