ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,535, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FACC AG (Ried Im Innkreis., Austria).
"Aircraft sliding door" was invented by Michael Seis (Ebreichsdorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an aircraft sliding door comprising: a door leaf, which is slidable between a closed position and an open position in the opening and closing direction, respectively, and has a door top part and a door bottom part, which are arranged in a pulled-out state in the closed position and in a pushed-together state in the open position; a guide rail; and a drive device having an electric motor for assisting the movement of the door le...