US 12,383,640 B2
Ultraviolet light-emitting assembly
Arthur E. Brockschmidt, Jr., Renton, WA (US); and 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 Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,564.
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 2022/0184251 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); F21V 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 29/74 (2015.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); F21V 21/14 (2013.01); F21V 23/003 (2013.01); F21V 29/74 (2015.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting assembly for varying UV light intensity emitted by a plurality of UV light emitters for disinfecting one or more components, the assembly comprising:
a plurality of UV light emitters;
a first UV light emitter support moveably seating the plurality of UV light emitters;
a second UV light emitter support moveably seating the plurality of UV light emitters, wherein the first UV light emitter support is spaced by a gap from the second UV light emitter support; and
one or more actuators configured to vary the gap between the first UV light emitter support and the second UV light emitter support to change a UV light intensity of UV light emitted from the plurality of UV light emitters by translating at least one of the first UV light emitter support and the second UV light emitter support to cause relative movement between the at least one of the first UV light emitter support and the second UV light emitter support and the plurality of UV light emitters.