US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on Sept. 1 for "System for controlling the speed of movement of a sliding door and associated aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,457, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"System for controlling the speed of movement of a sliding door and associated aircraft" was invented by Daniel Hors (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Aurelien Bellier (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system for controlling the speed of movement of a sliding door for an aircraft comprises a means for electromagnetically braking the door including a transmission shaft and electromagnetic resistive means. The resistive means are autonomous and include a control law relating a first damping value to a first speed threshold of the speed o...