US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on Jan. 13 for "System for controlling the speed of movement of a sliding door and associated aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,338, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"System for controlling the speed of movement of a sliding door and associated aircraft" was invented by Daniel Hors (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Celina Bur (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system for controlling the speed of opening a sliding door for an aircraft including a mechanical braking device for the door including a transmission shaft and a centrifugal absorber including a resistance shaft connected to the transmission shaft, and linking means that are designed to be connected to the sliding door and to cooperate with t...