ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,970, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SACS Aerospace GmbH (Empfingen, Germany).
"Latch" was invented by Andreas Rapp (Dornhan, Germany) and Albert Halfeev (Balingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch for coupling of a first component to a second component, the latch having a base body which includes a first bearing, a second bearing and a third bearing, the latch having a lever which is mounted pivotably on the first bearing about a first pivot axis between a locking position and an unlocking position, the latch having a locking which is mounted pivotably on the second bearing and which includes a spring-loaded locking...