Hartwell Corporation

Adams Rite Aerospace Inc.

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc. (ca Corp.)

Darrell L James

Marek S Brzeski

William R Bourne, Jr

Frank Thomas Jackson

Morteza Yadollahi

Thomas J Sievers

John F Leary

Elmon D Sotto

Larry Vargas

John Edward Cheever

Hiep Vo

An aircraft window shade assembly is provided. The assembly includes an inboard shade, an outboard shade, a housing and a cover. The inboard and outboard shades each include a plurality of holes disposed along one side. The housing includes a transparent inboard panel, a transparent outboard panel, a pair of inboard guide slots to receive the inboard shade, a pair of outboard guide slots to receive the outboard shade, an inboard motor and an outboard motor. The inboard motor is coupled to a drive gear sprocket having a cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of teeth extending radially therefrom that mesh with the plurality of holes in the inboard shade, and moves the inboard shade between open and closed positions. The outboard motor is coupled to a drive gear sprocket having a cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of teeth extending radially therefrom that mesh with the plurality of holes in the outboard shade, and moves the outboard shade between open and closed positions. The cover is attached to the housing and includes a pair of inboard guide slots to receive the inboard shade, and a pair of outboard guide slots to receive the outboard shade.

Window shade assembly

A door latch mechanism mounted in a door frame cooperates with a door bolt separating the cockpit compartment on an aircraft from the passenger compartment. The mechanism prevents a hijacker from entering the cockpit compartment and allows the door to open rapidly when a catastrophic decompression event occurs in the airplane.

Aircraft door latch/lock mechanism with pneumatic decompression override

Quick release latch for a bus seat or the like

A collapsible strut for connection between a first member and a second member mounted on the first member. The strut includes first and second telescoping elements movable between a collapsed position and an extended position, a catch pivotally mounted on the first element and being moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a spring interengaging the catch and first element for urging the catch to the locked position, a detent interengaging the catch and first element for maintaining the catch in the unlocked position, a pin carried on the catch and engageable with a notch of the second element for locking the elements in the extended position, with the catch moving the pin out of engagement with the second element when pivoted to the unlocked position permitting movement of the second element from the extended position to the collapsed position, and a ramp on the second element and engageable with the catch for moving it out of the unlocked position when the second element arrives at the closed position.

Self locking strut

A pivoting adjustment screw for mounting the bolt of a latch to provide vibrational damping along with increasing preload as the contact point of the adjustment screw to the mating structure shifts in a shock or vibrational environment. The adjustment screw includes a pivoting portion which permits the screw to pivot which allows a rotating rather than a scraping or abrading movement in response to the relative movement between the elements being connected.

Pivoting adjustment screw

A latch assembly includes a hook having an opening engageable to a keeper. A side plate having a straight slot and an angle slot is mounted to the hook via posts. A spring is provided to bias the plate so that it partially overlaps the opening. The plate prevents a latch handle from being moved into its closed position unless the hook is fully engaged onto a keeper.

Latch assembly

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Corona, CA, United States of America

Darrell L James