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LATCH STATE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Publication No. EP4134308

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App No. EP22189459

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Filed by Goodrich Corporation

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Filed on 2022-08-09

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Issued/Published on 2026-01-07

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP4134308 A1

Application No. EP22189459 Filed: 2022-08-09

Grant Date 2026-01-07 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

A method may comprise: receiving, via a controller (602) and through a camera (304), visual data corresponding to a row of latch assemblies in a cargo handling system; and determining, via the controller, whether each latch assembly in the row of latch assemblies is in a properly securing state.

IPC Classifications

B64D9/00, B64D45/00

Priority Claims

US 202117397569 Date: 2021-08-09

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Goodrich Corporation

4 Coliseum Centre, 2730 West Tyvola Road

Inventors (3)

HARMS, Scott

Ypsilanti, ND, 58497

ROBERTS, Aaron J.

Jamestown, ND, 58401

OLSON, Mark L.

Jamestown, ND, 58401

Representatives / Agents

Dehns

10 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7NG

Isarpatent

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Part G mbB, Friedrichstrasse 31

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2023-08-10

Mention Of Grant Published 2026-01-07

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2024-07-08

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LATCH STATE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

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Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

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Airbus Operations GmbH/Airbus S.A.S./Airbus Operations S.A.S./Airbus Operations Limited/ Airbus Operations S.L.U.

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