ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,101, issued on May 26, was assigned to Safran Aerosystems (Plaisir, France).
"Drain provided with a disengagement device" was invented by Olivier Bonnet (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jacques Courbon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a drain comprising: a body having at least one fluid intake opening and at least one fluid discharge opening, a valve provided with at least one lug, and a disengagement device comprising: a fixed guide, able to be mounted so as to be fixed with respect to a body, a movable guide, comprising at least one housing for receiving the lug, the fixed guide and/or th...