US 12,337,071 B2
Rotating disinfecting device that includes ultraviolet emitters
Jamie J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,466.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,112, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111088 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a disinfecting device, the disinfecting device comprising:
a shell configured to rotate about an axis;
a central core member that is surrounded by the shell and that defines the axis, wherein the central core member remains unmoving while the shell rotates about the axis;
ultraviolet (UV) emitters that are configured to emit UV light, wherein each of the UV emitters comprises a body that retains a power supply, and a head that retains a UV Light Emitting Diode (LED); and
rotational couplings that couple the UV emitters to the shell, and provide for multi-axial rotation of the UV emitters relative to the shell.