US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Jan. 13 for "Recline lockout device for aircraft seat" (North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,361, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Recline lockout device for aircraft seat" was invented by Austin Yost (Woodland Park, Colo.), Eston Miller (Winston-Salem, N.C.), William Patrick Johnson (Boone, N.C.) and Rohn A. Bowden (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recline lockout device is disclosed. The device includes one or more modular lockout assemblies including a housing, one or more levers, and one or more shafts. The device may include one or more lockout cables coupled to actuator assemblies of the aircraft seats and a lever. Each actuator assembly may be configured to...