ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,900, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Latch state detection systems, methods and devices" was invented by Scott Harms (Ypsilanti, N.D.), Dustin P Scheer (Jamestown, N.D.) and Aaron Roberts (Jamestown, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly may comprise: a housing; a pawl assembly coupled to the housing, the pawl assembly configured to transition from an un-restrained state to an restrained state; and a latch state detection system comprising a transducer and a communications module, the transducer configured to convert mechanical energy from the pawl assembly reaching the restrained st...