US 12,337,072 B2
Systems and methods for cooling ultraviolet (UV) lamps
Kevin S. Callahan, Everett, WA (US); Michael Kipling Klein, Bothell, WA (US); and Christopher Edward Plass, Snohomish, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,619.
Application 17/530,619 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/026,417, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,793,896.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,605, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,985, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105212 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); F21V 29/503 (2015.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); F21V 29/503 (2015.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sanitizing system, comprising:
a sanitizing head including:
an ultraviolet (UV) lamp;
a port having a channel; and
a cooling manifold configured to deliver air to the UV lamp, wherein the cooling manifold is in fluid communication with the channel, and wherein the cooling manifold comprises:
a plenum;
a connecting conduit that fluidly couples the plenum to the channel;
an air delivery line in fluid communication with the plenum; and
one or more air outlets in fluid communication with the air delivery line.