US 12,377,180 B2
Ultraviolet light-emitting module and disinfecting system
Jamie J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US); and Arthur E. Brockschmidt, Jr., Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,239, filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,341, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184248 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 9/20 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting module for disinfecting one or more components, the UV light-emitting module comprising:
an enclosure comprising:
a rear wall;
a face plate comprising an outer wall of the enclosure, the face plate spaced from the rear wall and comprising a light-transmitting aperture; and
at least one sidewall extending between the rear wall and the face plate;
at least one UV light emitter within the enclosure;
at least one cooling feature selected from (1) a sidewall ventilation opening in the at least one sidewall and (2) a heat sink feature extending from the rear wall;
at least one UV light emitter support within the enclosure that is electrically coupled to the at least one UV light emitter;
an electrical conductor extending through the rear wall into the at least one UV light emitter support; and
a thermally conductive and electrically insulating separator between the at least one UV light emitter support and the rear wall, wherein the at least one UV light emitter support is affixed to the thermally conductive and electrically insulating separator.