ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,222, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Lock defeating system for an aircraft door" was invented by Joseph Allan Smarsh (Andale, Kan.), Evan Michael Johnson (Wichita, Kan.), Timothy Bachman (Wichita, Kan.) and Richard S. Conkling (Kechi, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for defeating a door lock. More specifically, a door having an outside door handle with a key-lock, and having an interior door handle of the type that includes both a paddle along with the handle runs the risk of being left in locked mode in the event of a mechanical malfunction. This problem has be...