Patent
Paddle latch assembly
Stephen J. Gleason,Marvin L. Larsen +1 more
- 06 Jun 1990
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TL;DR: A latch assembly for releasably securing a closure element with a striker element in a closed position is described in this article, which consists of a housing with a body, a release lever mounted for movement relative to the housing between (a) a normal position and (b) a release position.
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Abstract: A latch assembly for releasably securing a closure element with a striker element in a closed position The latch assembly consists of a housing with a body, a release lever mounted for movement relative to the housing between (a) a normal position and (b) a release position; first and second latch elements mounted to the housing for movement relative to each other and the housing, with the first latch element being movable relative to the housing between a latched position in which it maintains the closure in its closed position and a release position in which the closure can be moved out of its closed position, and cooperating structure on the release lever and first and second latch elements for moving the second latch element relative to the housing and, in response thereto, causing the first latch element to move from its latched position to its release position as an incident of the release lever moving from its normal position to its release position
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TL;DR: The slam-capable rotary latch as mentioned in this paper employs a single rotary jaw that is releasably retained in its latched position by a rotary pawl, with the latch having a pair of spaced housing side plates.
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- 22 Dec 1995
TL;DR: In this paper, a rotary latch assembly is used for a two-point lock with a U-shaped strike formation, and a flange is formed integrally with side plate portions that define the selected notch and extends transversely to bridge between the housing side plates at a location near the first and second Ushaped notches.
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- 17 Oct 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, a rotatable cam shank intersects the mounting pan and a handle attached to an end of the shank on the exterior side of the pan is used as a latching and locking mechanism.
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- 17 Mar 1997
TL;DR: A slam-capable rotary latch employs a single rotary jaw that is releasably retained in its latched position by a rotary pawl, with the latch having a pair of spaced housing side plates that sandwich the rotary jaws and rotary paws.
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Stephen J. Gleason
- 30 Oct 1992
TL;DR: In this paper, a latch assembly for releasably holding a strike element is described, where the latch assembly has a release lever, a housing with a body defining a receptacle for the release lever and having a wall bounding the receptacle, and a connecting structure operatively connecting between the latch lever and the latch mechanism.
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Paddle operated vehicle latch
William S. Peters
- 18 Jun 1981
TL;DR: A rotary latch mechanism for engaging a latch post, for example to latch a vehicle door to its frame, was proposed in this article, where a torsion spring or the like biases the cam for rotation toward the position in which it releases the latch post.
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- 13 Oct 1988
TL;DR: A door lock includes a plurality of latch bolt assemblies that are mountable on a door at spaced locations about the periphery of the door, an operating mechanism that is flush-mountable on the door at a central location, and elongate linkage elements for interconnecting the operating mechanism with the latch bolt assembly to enable the operating mechanisms to concurrently operate the latchbolt assemblies as discussed by the authors.
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Rotary paddle latch
Michael J. Rachocki
- 24 Sep 1987
TL;DR: The rotary paddle latch as discussed by the authors has a latched position, an intermediate safety position and an unlatched position and includes an assembly for locking the external rotary paddles while permitting an optional internal handle to override the lock to move the latch to its unlated position.
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Flush type door latch
R Doerrfeld
- 26 Oct 1972
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