US Patent Issued to Texas Transland on Sept. 30 for "Dual latch system for hopper cover of an aerial application aircraft" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,151, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Texas Transland LLC (Wichita Falls, Texas).

"Dual latch system for hopper cover of an aerial application aircraft" was invented by Calvin L. Kroes (Loveland, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system for an aerial application aircraft includes a hopper cover, an electric actuator coupled to the hopper cover, a latch sequencing mechanism, a spring, and a dual latch mechanism. The latch sequencing mechanism includes a latch rod coupled to the electric actuator that moves the latch rod between a latched position and an unlatched position. The spring is coupled to the latch...