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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Adam Arthur Logue, Everett, WA (US);
Jeffrey Allen Cartwright, Arlington, WA (US);
Steven Ellis Rhynard, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Joe Files, Arlington, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
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 configured to move relative to each other and with the first body movable relative to the overhead support structure between first and second positions. The first position orients the second body at a first angular position relative to the overhead support structure that engages a catch on the second body with a latch pin. The second position orients the second body at a different second angular position relative to the overhead support structure to release the catch from the latch pin and thereby release the panel from the stowed position.