ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,612, issued on May 20, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Automated cabin-divider door" was invented by Justin Eugene Thompson (Haysville, Kan.), Kenneth Matthew Cumming (Derby, Kan.), Morgan Christopher Brown (Wichita, Kan.), Anthony Westhoff (Andover, Kan.) and Andrew Kent Johnson (Maize, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an automated cabin-divider door for an aircraft includes a door, a motor for moving the door to an open position, a limit switch configured to detect when the door is in a fully open position and to stop the motor, and electronics coupling the motor and the limit switch to...