Removable magnetic door handle
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsWilliam Anthony Amante, Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa, Darpan Bansal
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Abstract
A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.
Claims16
A handle assembly for an access panel comprising:
- a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face;
- a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising:
- a grip portion;
- and
- upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face;
- and
- a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of a magnetic force and a mechanical force, wherein the retention mechanism comprises a pair of magnets and a keyed slot, wherein the pair of magnets are disposed closer to the grip portion than the keyed slot.
An access panel comprising:
- at least one handle assembly connected to the access panel, the at least one handle assembly comprising:
- a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face;
- a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising:
- a grip portion;
- and
- upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face;
- and
- a retention mechanism comprising a pair of magnets and a keyed slot for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure;
- wherein a first magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed in the top face of the upper flange and wherein a second magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed in the bottom face of the upper support;
- wherein the keyed slot comprises a protrusion in one of the top face of the upper flange and the bottom face of the upper support and a corresponding slot for receiving and retaining the protrusion disposed in the other one of the top face of the upper flange and the bottom face of the upper support;
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- wherein the pair of magnets are disposed on the upper flange and the upper support forward of the keyed slot closer to the grip portion than the keyed slot.
An aircraft comprising:
- an access panel;
- at least one handle assembly connected to the access panel, the at least one handle assembly comprising:
- a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face;
- a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising:
- a grip portion;
- and
- upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face;
- and
- a retention mechanism comprising a pair of magnets and a keyed slot for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure, wherein the pair of magnets are disposed closer to the grip portion than the keyed slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.