US 12,258,129 B2
Floor dryer in an aircraft lavatory
Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri, Secunderrabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,552.
Claims priority of application No. 202241056769 (IN), filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109660 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/02 (2006.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01); E03D 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/02 (2013.01) [E03D 9/002 (2013.01); E03D 9/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lavatory floor air distribution system, comprising:
a dryer unit;
at least one sensor in an aircraft lavatory coupled to a locking mechanism of the aircraft lavatory responsive to an action comprising an actuation of a slide switch to open the locking mechanism of a door of the aircraft lavatory wherein the dryer unit is electronically coupled to the at least one sensor; and
in response to a detection by the at least one sensor of the actuation of the slide switch to open the locking mechanism of the door of the aircraft lavatory, the dryer unit is configured to receive a command from a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor to cause the dryer unit to be activated.