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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Adriana Willempje Blom, Shoreline, WA (US);
Christopher H. Abada, Seattle, WA (US);
Frederick T. Calkins, Renton, WA (US);
Yakentim M. Ibrahim, Brier, WA (US);
Paula Jo Boppre, Everett, WA (US);
Michael K. Klein, Bothell, WA (US);
James Henry Mabe, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a plurality of seats and an input device coupled to each of the plurality of seats. The aircraft also includes a remotely controlled nozzle positioned proximate each seat of the plurality of seats. Each nozzle includes an actuator assembly including at least one actuator and an actuator shaft. The at least one actuator is configured to move the actuator shaft between an open position and a closed position to control an airflow through the nozzle in response to a signal received from a respective input device of the input devices, wherein the signal represents a position of the actuator shaft.