ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,080, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH (Laupheim, Germany) and Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH (Gilching, Germany).

"Door with lock actuator for integration in an aircraft, control and information system, compartment for an aircraft and aircraft" was invented by Bjorn Muller (Hamburg, Germany), Florian Zager-Rode (Buxtehude, Germany) and Wolfgang Muller (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door arrangement contains a door for a room with a door leaf, a wall portion of a wall structure laterally adjacent to the door, and a locking arrangement for the door. The locking arrangement includes a locking devic...