US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Feb. 25 for "Redundant rail and carriage assembly" (North Carolina, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,017, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Redundant rail and carriage assembly" was invented by Lyle T. Davis (Pfafftown, N.C.), Bradley Steele (South Lyon, Mich.), Joseph Sikorski (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Twinkle V. Jacob (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Michael R. G. Warwick (Pleasant Garden, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant rail and carriage assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a primary sub-assembly including a primary rail and a primary carriage. The assembly may include a secondary sub-assembly including a secondary rail and a secondary carriage, the secondary rail being...