The Boeing Company

Tateh Wu

Karl Marius Nelson

James P Schalla

Marcus K Richardson

Raymond H Horstman

Douglas Dean Maben

Bryce Avery Vandyke

Chao-Hsin Lin

Brian L Riedel

William L Serencsits

Jonathan William Collins

Megan Thompson

Anders Michael Pedersen

Edmund Fidelino P Cordero

Kyongsoo Chae

Chae Kyongsoo

A system includes an outflow vent that has a cap releasably mounted to a panel within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The cap is elongated from a first end of the cap to a second end of the cap opposite the first end. The cap has a base wall that is overlaid on the panel and defines at least one slot therethrough. The cap receives an airflow generated by an airflow generator, and the at least one slot emits the airflow from the cap to form an air curtain within the internal cabin.

Air curtain systems and methods for vehicle cabins

An autoclave comprises an elongate chamber enclosing an interior atmosphere, a floor configured to support one or more objects, and a plenum extending through a portion of the elongate chamber. The plenum includes an inlet as well as a plurality of outlets. The inlet is configured to receive a plenum flow of the interior atmosphere, while each of the plurality of outlets is configured to release a portion of the plenum flow to a different locus of the elongate chamber.

Autoclave plenum

A workpiece heating system includes an outer shell configured to receive a mandrel having a mandrel partside configured to support a workpiece. A gas displacement device is configured to discharge a gas toward a mandrel backside. At least one heat exchanger is configured to heat the gas prior to the gas entering the gas displacement device. A hood system is configured to at least partially envelope the mandrel when positioned within the outer shell. A hood first wall and the mandrel backside define a first annular gap configured to receive the gas discharged from the gas displacement device, and direct the gas axial from the mandrel proximal end to the mandrel distal end. A hood second wall and the mandrel partside define a second annular gap configured to receive the gas from the first annular gap and direct the gas axial from the mandrel distal end to the mandrel proximal end.

High-performance workpiece heating system and method

A method and system are presented. The system comprises a plurality of baffles positioned to split an airflow from a door of an autoclave into a counter-rotating flow pattern.

Airflow in autoclaves

A case for a galley cart defines a cavity with at least two dividers positioned within the cavity, each having a first end edge and an opposing second end edge, with the dividers defining at least two chambers within the cavity. A door is movably attached to the case having a first position in which the cavity is accessible and a second position in which the cavity is substantially sealed. The door incorporates a housing having at least one cooling puck corresponding to at least a first one of the chambers and a second cooling puck corresponding to a second one of the chambers. At least one sealing member is coupled to the housing in the door and configured to compress against the first end edges of the dividers and to provide flow communication between the first cooling compartment and the first chamber and between the second cooling compartment and the second chamber when the door is in the second position.

Vertically mounted dry ice cooling compartment applied to a galley cart for temperature gradient reduction

A galley cart incorporates a housing defining a cavity and having an opening. A door is hingedly attached to the housing to seal the opening and allow access to the cavity through the opening. A compartment is provided in the cart configured to contain cooling media. An integrated support rail is coupled to the housing within the cavity and configured to at least partially support a tray within the cavity. The support rail has multiple orifices therethrough and the support rail is in flow communication with the compartment.

Dual-function food tray support tubes for a galley cart

Systems and methods for detection of airborne impurities in confined spaces are disclosed. In one embodiment, a detection system to detect impurities in a confined chamber comprises an emitter to emit radiation, at least one channel positioned proximate the emitter to receive radiation from the emitter at a first end of the channel, and a receiver positioned proximate a second end of the channel to receive radiation from the emitter, and generate a first signal in response to the radiation received from the emitter. Other embodiments may be described.

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Tateh Wu