US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on March 25 for "Hinge assembly for an aircraft door" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,804, issued on March 25, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago).

"Hinge assembly for an aircraft door" was invented by Michael T. Mortland (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly for connecting a door to a fuselage of an aircraft includes a hinge arm having a fuselage fitting pivotably coupled to a fuselage rotatable interface and a door fitting pivotably coupled to a door rotatable interface. The hinge assembly includes a programmable gear assembly coupled to the hinge arm allowing the hinge arm to pivot around the fuselage fitting when the door is moved from a door closed position to a door open position and...