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US 12,703,999 B2Granted
Door lock
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsZhenpeng Song, Yang Wang
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Abstract
A door lock includes a housing, a locking unit, and a slider, wherein the locking unit is provided within the housing, the locking unit movable with respect to the housing so as to assume a locked position and a released position. The slider is connected to the locking unit is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, wherein when the slider moves from the first position to the second position, the locking unit can move from the released position to the locked position. The door lock of the present disclosure provides a comfortable sense of control.
Claims18
A door lock, comprising:
- a housing;
- a locking unit provided within the housing, wherein the locking unit is movable with respect to the housing to assume a locked position and a released position;
- a slider connected to the locking unit, wherein the slider is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, wherein when the slider moves from the first position to the second position, the locking unit is capable of moving from the released position to the locked position;
- a slider elastic device, the slider elastic device is configured to provide a spring force to the slider;
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- a switch assembly transitioning from a first switch state to a second switch state when the slider reaches the second position, the switch assembly including a trigger lever and a contact, the slider configured to push the trigger lever to move into contact with or be separated from the contact, such that the switch assembly switches from one of the first switch state and the second switch state to the other switch state, the switch assembly including an elastic component to apply a spring force to the trigger lever such that the trigger lever leaves the contact.
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