ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,667, issued on June 24, was assigned to LATECOERE (Toulouse, France).
"Bistable mechanism for an aircraft door" was invented by Sebastien Devillez (Saint Jean, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft door designed to assume a first configuration and a second configuration, having a bistable mechanism biasing the aircraft door towards either the first or second configuration, the bistable mechanism including: a first yoke having a base attached to the first member and a first pivot rotatably mounted on the base; a second yoke having: a base attached to the first member; a lever a first end of which is mounted so as to pivot on ...