Patents by Inventor Eric K. Satermo

Eric K. Satermo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hand dryer having managed air flow
    Patent number: 11129505
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying objects in low-volume enclosed spaces is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a hand dryer that comprises a dryer cavity including an input port, an exhaust port, and an opening for insertion of a hand having moisture thereon, an air channel, pneumatically coupling the exhaust port of the dryer cavity to the input port of the dryer cavity, the air channel substantially isolated from an interior volume of the lavatory, and a blower, communicatively coupled to the air channel, for moving air through the air channel and the dryer cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Eric K. Satermo
  • HAND DRYER HAVING MANAGED AIR FLOW
    Publication number: 20200046179
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying objects in low-volume enclosed spaces is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a hand dryer that comprises a dryer cavity including an input port, an exhaust port, and an opening for insertion of a hand having moisture thereon, an air channel, pneumatically coupling the exhaust port of the dryer cavity to the input port of the dryer cavity, the air channel substantially isolated from an interior volume of the lavatory, and a blower, communicatively coupled to the air channel, for moving air through the air channel and the dryer cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eric K. Satermo
  • Hand dryer having managed air flow
    Patent number: 10455992
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying objects in low-volume enclosed spaces is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a hand dryer that comprises a dryer cavity including an input port, an exhaust port, and an opening for insertion of a hand having moisture thereon, an air channel, pneumatically coupling the exhaust port of the dryer cavity to the input port of the dryer cavity, the air channel substantially isolated from an interior volume of the lavatory, and a blower, communicatively coupled to the air channel, for moving air through the air channel and the dryer cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Eric K. Satermo
  • HAND DRYER HAVING MANAGED AIR FLOW
    Publication number: 20180078101
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying objects in low-volume enclosed spaces is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a hand dryer that comprises a dryer cavity including an input port, an exhaust port, and an opening for insertion of a hand having moisture thereon, an air channel, pneumatically coupling the exhaust port of the dryer cavity to the input port of the dryer cavity, the air channel substantially isolated from an interior volume of the lavatory, and a blower, communicatively coupled to the air channel, for moving air through the air channel and the dryer cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eric K. Satermo