ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,991, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy Villacoublay, France).

"Method and device for unlocking a door of an aircraft landing gear" was invented by Jerome Fraval (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for unlocking a door of an aircraft landing gear movably mounted between an open position and a closed position includes, during a first sequence of opening the door that is locked in the closed position by a first attachment housing and a second attachment housing, controlling a first unlocking actuator to deactivate the first attachment housing, waiting a first waiting time greate...