ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,927, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Lock system for turbine engine nacelle and nacelle including same" was invented by Philippe Avenel (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pierre Pellerin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock system for a turbine engine nacelle, having: a support supporting a hook a three-point lock, a yoke and a three-point mechanism hingedly connected to a point of the support; and an actuating handle for actuating the mechanism between the locked and unlocked positions. Where the actuating handle can be connected to the three-point mechanism and ...