ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,934, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Door latch positioning mechanism" was invented by Richard Stoddard Conkling (Kechi, Kan.), Evan M. Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) and Joseph Allan Smarsh (Andale, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch positioning mechanism for an aircraft door includes one or more locking members configured to be partially driven into a frame around the door via rotation of a pivot pin. A frame bumper extends outside of the door in a pre-catch position for contacting the frame. A catch bellcrank is operatively coupled to the frame bumper, and a biasing member biases ...