ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,575, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Pipistrel d.o.o. (Ajdovscina, Slovenia).
"Locking system for an aircraft door" was invented by Miha Premrl (Vipava, Slovenia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking system for an aircraft door having a door handle housing to mount to the aircraft door; a locking mechanism supported by the door handle housing; an exterior handle and an interior handle each to manipulate the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism having a door gear axis to rotate via operation of the interior handle and the exterior handle to lock and unlock the locking mechanism; and a locking pin extending from the door gear a...