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US 10,533,356 B2Granted
Latch system with position hold
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Amante, Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa
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Abstract
A latch system has a pin movable along a pin axis, a control rod connected to the pin, a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel, and a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole.
Claims20
A latch system, comprising:
- a pin movable along a pin axis;
- a control rod connected to the pin;
- a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel;
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- a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole, but not within the rod channel;
- wherein the control aperture is disposed deeper within the control wall than a control wall recess and wherein the control wall recess is configured to receive the lock tip at all locations along the pin axis and between the lock hole and unlock hole at which the lock tip cannot be received by the rod channel.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a door movably connected to the fuselage;
- and
- a latch system carried by the door, the latch system comprising:
- a pin movable along a pin axis;
- a control rod connected to the pin;
- a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel;
- and
- a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole, but not within the rod channel;
- wherein the control aperture is disposed deeper within the control wall than a control wall recess and wherein the control wall recess is configured to receive the lock tip at all locations along the pin axis and between the lock hole and unlock hole at which the lock tip cannot be received by the rod channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.