US Patent Issued to LISI AEROSPACE on May 12 for "Hook latch for aircraft nacelle cowls" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,581, issued on May 12, was assigned to LISI AEROSPACE (Paris).

"Hook latch for aircraft nacelle cowls" was invented by Laurent Renard (Vierzon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch (22) includes a bracket (54) able to be attached to a first cowl; a hooking arm (58) comprising a hook (94) able to cooperate with a keeper (36) attached to a second cowl; a first handle (60) and a second handle (64) rotatable relative to the bracket, the first and second handles being configured so that the second handle (64) in a closed configuration blocks the first handle (60) in a closed configuration. In the closed configuration of the second...