US 12,133,926 B2
Sanitizing system
Jamie J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US); Colin Diehl, Chicago, IL (US); Mateus Daczko, Chicago, IL (US); and Nels Olson, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,724.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,898, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393823 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sanitizing system comprising:
ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin; and
a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
operate one or more of the UV lamps at a first power level responsive to determining that passengers are boarding or deboarding the internal cabin, and
operate the one or more UV lamps at a second power level that is less than the first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling.