US 12,083,256 B2
Integration of UV light into aircraft air management systems
Claude J. Moreau, Vernon, CT (US); Blair A. Smith, South Windsor, CT (US); Vijay V. Pujar, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); Steven Poteet, Ashland, MA (US); and Lance R. Bartosz, Granby, MA (US)
Assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,175, filed on May 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,222, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338877 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/20 (2013.01) [B64D 13/06 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); A61L 2209/16 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0651 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0688 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air management system of a vehicle having a conditioned area comprising:
at least one duct defining a flow path for delivering air to the conditioned area; and
a sterilization system associated with the at least one duct, the sterilization system including at least one light source operable to emit a germicidal ultraviolet light into the flow path defined by the at least one duct to sterilize the air to be provided to the conditioned area;
wherein the air output from the conditioned area is dehumidified upstream from the sterilization system and is rehumidified downstream of the sterilization system.