ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,339, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DASSAULT AVIATION (Paris).

"Aircraft portion comprising a depressurization safe equipment door" was invented by Gregory Lefloch (Little Rock, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft portion includes a piece of equipment including an outer wall delimiting an enclosure and a door facing an aisle. The equipment door is displaceable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The aisle has a maximum width when the door is in the closed configuration and a minimum width when the door is in the open configuration. When the door is in the closed configuration and in case of ...