US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on Nov. 25 for "Flip guard safety systems for aircraft switches" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,614, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Flip guard safety systems for aircraft switches" was invented by Luis Erana Salmeron (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flip guard safety system for preventing inadvertent actuation of an aircraft switch. The flip guard safety system includes a flip guard having a cover that pivots between a guarded positions in which the cover protects the aircraft switch against inadvertent actuation and an unguarded position in which the cover provides access to the aircraft switch. A flip guard safety has a gate that pivots between a closed position...