US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 7 for "Articulated hinge assembly for an aircraft door" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,554, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Articulated hinge assembly for an aircraft door" was invented by Michael T. Mortland (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated hinge assembly for connecting a door to a fuselage of an aircraft includes an articulated hinge arm having a first hinge member pivotably coupled to a second hinge member at an elbow. The first hinge member includes a fuselage fitting pivotably coupled to a fuselage bracket. The second hinge member includes a door fitting pivotably coupled to a door bracket of the door. The articulated hinge assembly includes a linkag...