Modular locking apparatus with an actuator operating multiple latches

An apparatus comprising:

• a first actuator transitionable between a first state and a second state;
• a housing including a panel having an actuator aperture in which the first actuator is installed;
• and
• a latching mechanism with a first set of one or more latches and a second set of one or more latches, wherein:
• each latch in the first set of one or more latches is configured to be transitioned between a corresponding latched state and a corresponding unlatched state,
• each latch in the second set of one or more latches is configured to be transitioned between a corresponding latched state and a corresponding unlatched state,
• each latch in the first set of one or more latches and each latch in the second set of one or more latches simultaneously transitions from the corresponding latched state to the corresponding unlatched state responsive to the first actuator transitioning from the first state to the second state,
• each latch in the first set of one or more latches and each latch in the second set of one or more latches simultaneously transition from the corresponding unlatched state to the corresponding latched state when the first actuator is in the first state,
• the first actuator includes a cam element rotatable about the first center axis when the first actuator is installed in the actuator aperture in the panel,
• the latching mechanism further comprises:
• a first latch body including the first set of one or more latches, the first latch body translatable relative to the housing and between an extended position relative to the housing and a retracted position relative to the housing to cause each latch in the first set of one or more latches to be in a corresponding one of the corresponding latched state and the corresponding unlatched state,
• a second latch body including the second set of one or more latches, the second latch body translatable relative to the housing and between an extended position relative to the housing and a retracted position relative to the housing to cause each latch in the second set of one or more latches to be in a corresponding one of the corresponding latched state and the corresponding unlatched state,
• a common cam member rotatable about a first center axis relative to the housing and between a first rotational position relative to the housing and a second rotational position relative to the housing, and
• an actuator adaptor having two or more keying features configured to interlock with a corresponding one of the cam element and the common cam member so as to constrain rotation of the actuator adaptor relative to the cam element and the common cam member and transmit a rotational force from the cam element to the common cam member, and the latching mechanism further comprises an actuator adaptor having two or more keying features configured to interlock with a corresponding one of the cam element and the common cam member so as to constrain rotation of the actuator adaptor relative to the cam element and the common cam member and transmit a rotational force from the cam element to the common cam member, and
• the common cam member has a first cam surface and a second cam surface collectively configured to simultaneously exert, responsive to the common cam member rotating from the first rotational position to the second rotational position, an opposing lateral force on a corresponding one of the first latch body and the second latch body and cause a corresponding one of the first latch body and the second latch body to simultaneously translate from the extended position to the retracted position such that each latch in the first set of latches and each latch in the second set of latches transitions from the corresponding latched state to the corresponding unlatched state.