Aircraft cabin air management system
US11987366B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/40
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure makes use of the fact that passengers have ways of adjusting the temperature in their immediate environment or indicating their level of comfort or discomfort and uses information about the passengers' use of the temperature control capabilities in their immediate environment and/or indications of their level of comfort/discomfort as an input to a controller of an environmental control system (ECS) to automatically adjust the ECS supply air temperature set point.
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