US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Oct. 21 for "Panel assembly for a vehicle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,824, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Panel assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Adam Arthur Logue (Everett, Wash.), Jeffrey Allen Cartwright (Arlington, Wash.), Steven Ellis Rhynard (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Joe Files (Arlington, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel assembly for an overhead support structure of a vehicle. The panel assembly includes a panel movable relative to the overhead support structure between a stowed position and an open position. One or more actuators release the panel from the stowed position. The actuators include first and second bodies arranged together and ...