US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Aug. 11 for "Passenger suite door with quick release egress feature" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,012, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger suite door with quick release egress feature" was invented by Mark Vanhoy (Hamptonville, N.C.) and Troy Blackburn (Elkin, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door assembly for an aircraft passenger suite includes a stationary wall, a rail mounted to the stationary wall, a carriage translatably mounted to the rail, a movable door, and a lock pin mounted to the door. The door assembly further includes a carriage subassembly mounted to the carriage including a receiver for receiving the lock pin, and a spring-loaded clamp for exerting a retain...