US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Dec. 9 for "Tray connections for convertible aircraft cargo handling system" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,998, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Tray connections for convertible aircraft cargo handling system" was invented by Dustin P. Scheer (Jamestown, N.D.) and Wesley K. Stegmiller (Jamestown, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray connector is disclosed herein. The tray connector includes a first side rail, a second side rail, parallel to the first side rail, a cross member extending from the first side rail to the second side rail, a pin extending from within the cross member and through the first side rail, and a tab configured to retract the pin."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2022, under ...