US Patent Issued to Rohr on July 29 for "Long throw latch for aircraft system" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,180, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Long throw latch for aircraft system" was invented by Paul F. McMahan (College Station, Texas) and Braskel Phillips (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for an aircraft. This apparatus includes a latch. The latch includes a handle, a hook structure and a linkage system operatively coupling the handle to the hook structure. The linkage system includes a back link, a center link, a back link pivot member and a center link pivot member. The hook structure includes a hook, a structure aperture and a structure slot located longitudinall...