US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on July 29 for "Integrated door lock for an aircraft galley container" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,165, issued on July 29, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Integrated door lock for an aircraft galley container" was invented by Frederik Adrian Stephan Panjer (Maarsbergen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided herein an aircraft galley container including a door, a latch mechanism, and a lock. The latch mechanism is positionable in a latched position preventing opening of the door and an unlatched position permitting opening of the door. The latch mechanism includes a handle, a pair of rods and a rotatable plate. The rotatable plate is coupled to the handle and configured to be rotate...