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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);
Steven Poteet, Ashland, MA (US);
Katherine Urena Pimentel, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thomas Martz, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Irene Rexwinkle, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Vijay V. Pujar, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
David Charles McConnell, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
B/E AEROSPACE INC., Winston Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A method includes depositing an antimicrobial material onto a surface of a substrate. The method includes binding a photochromic material to the antimicrobial material. Depositing the antimicrobial material and binding the photochromic material can include forming a mixture of the antimicrobial material and the photochromic material and depositing the mixture onto the surface of the substrate. It is also contemplated that depositing the antimicrobial material and binding the photochromic material can include first depositing the antimicrobial material onto the surface of the substrate and then depositing the photochromic material onto the antimicrobial material.