Patents by Inventor Jann F. Garrett

Jann F. Garrett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Increased security flight deck door strike apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7032863
    Abstract: A door strike apparatus for enabling opening of a door in the event of a decompression condition experienced within a flight deck area includes a housing supported adjacent the door and a strike arm movable between a locked state restricting rotation of the door and an unlocked state permitting rotation of the door. A solenoid having a lock member retracted from the strike arm when the strike arm is in the unlocked state and engaged with the strike arm when the strike arm is in the locked state. The solenoid is responsive to the decompression condition and selectively toggles the lock member out of engagement with the strike arm to permit automatic unlocking of the strike arm and opening of the door under the decompression condition and into engagement with the strike arm to permit selective locking of the door when the decompression condition is absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Piorkowski, Jann F. Garrett, Douglas E. Emsley