Long throw latch
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorDamien Buchet
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A latch mechanism for joining two portions of a gas turbine engine. The latch mechanism is moveable between an open and a closed position and includes a first member configured to be attachable to a first portion of a gas turbine engine and a second member pivotally attached to the first member. The first member is attached to the second member at a first position. The latch mechanism also includes a handle pivotally attached to the second member that is attached to the second member at a second position, and third member pivotally attached to the second member. The third member is attached to the second member at a third position, the third position being between the first position and the second position, and wherein the third member comprises securing means for securing the third member to a second portion of a gas turbine engine.
Claims19
A latch mechanism for joining two portions of a gas turbine engine, the latch mechanism being moveable between an open and a closed position, the latch mechanism comprising:
- a first member having a first end and a second end, the first member configured to be attachable to a first portion of a gas turbine engine about a fixing near the first end;
- a second member pivotally attached to the first member, wherein the second end of the first member is attached to the first end of the second member at a first position;
- a handle pivotally attached to the second member, wherein the handle is attached to the second member at a second position;
- a third member pivotally attached to the second member, wherein the third member is attached to the second member at a third position, the third position being between the first position and the second position, and wherein the third member comprises securing means for securing the third member to a second portion of a gas turbine engine;
- and
- a locking device comprising retaining means configured to retain the latch mechanism in its closed position.
A latch mechanism for joining two portions of a gas turbine engine, the latch mechanism being moveable between an open and a closed position, the latch mechanism comprising:
- a first member configured to be attachable to a first portion of a gas turbine engine;
- a second member pivotally attached to the first member, wherein the first member is attached to the second member at a first position;
- a handle pivotally attached to the second member, wherein the handle is attached to the second member at a second position;
- a third member pivotally attached to the second member, wherein the third member is attached to the second member at a third position, the third position being between the first position and the second position, and wherein the third member comprises securing means for securing the third member to a second portion of a gas turbine engine;
- and
- a locking device comprising retaining means configured to retain the latch mechanism in its closed position;
- wherein the locking device further comprises a means for disengaging the retaining means, configured to release the latch mechanism from its closed position;
- wherein the handle is lockable in an open position by the locking device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.