US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on April 22 for "Device for latching a door of an oxygen mask container in an aircraft cabin" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,496, issued on April 22, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Device for latching a door of an oxygen mask container in an aircraft cabin" was invented by Florian Muller (Hamburg, Germany) and Jan-Luca Hunting (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for latching a door of an oxygen mask container in an aircraft cabin includes a door for an oxygen mask container having an inner side, outer side and hinge, a first latching device attached to the inner side, and a second latching device movable relative to the first latching device to selectively engage or disengage the second latching device. A r...