US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Nov. 3 for "Mechanical spring strut with weight-based spring selector" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,423, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Mechanical spring strut with weight-based spring selector" was invented by Christopher M. Wilson (Clemmons, N.C.) and Javier Valdes De La Garza (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical spring strut including a cylinder, a first spring disposed in the cylinder, a barrel slidably disposed in the cylinder and engaging one end of the first spring, and a rod subassembly including a rod slidably disposed in the barrel, pins rotatable into and out of contact with the barrel, a second spring disposed in the rod, and a plunger slidably dis...