Door locking mechanism
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsJames Darryl Robinson, Russell Irvin Boyce, Christopher Harris Bridges
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Abstract
A locking system for an enclosure, including a control bracket mounted to a door of the enclosure and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction along a guide rod running through a pin bracket of the control bracket. The control bracket further includes a latching pin to secure the door of the enclosure. A handle mechanism has a push rod that causes the control bracket to slide along the longitudinal direction, also causing the latching pin to move into a position that secures the door.
Claims13
A locking system for a device having an enclosure and a door, the locking system comprising:
- an enclosure having an enclosure opening on one side, wherein the enclosure has a locking flange proximate to the enclosure opening, the locking flange having a locking flange through hole extending therethrough;
- a door hingedly attached to the enclosure at a side of the enclosure opening;
- a control bracket mounted to the door and configured to slide along a control bracket axis,
- wherein the control bracket is made from a single piece of formed sheet metal,
- wherein the single piece of formed sheet metal forms a main body portion having a first end and a second end,
- wherein the control bracket includes a roller flange that is parallel to the main body of the control bracket, and
- wherein the roller flange is a flange having a roller rotatably mounted thereon, the roller being congfigured to engage a structure of the enclosure to ensure contact between the door and the enclosure;
- a handle and a handle mechanism mounted to the door, wherein the handle mechanism is configured to cause the control bracket to slide along the control bracket axis when the handle is rotated;
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- a latching pin mounted to the control bracket, and configured to selectively engage the locking flange through hole when the control bracket slides along the control bracket axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.