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US 12,766,693 B2Granted
Latch assembly for securing battery inside battery housing of power equipment
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsChristopher Todd Walker, Shivang Desai
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Abstract
A latch assembly for a power equipment includes a lever configured to pivot about a fulcrum, a latch button coupled to the lever and configured to move vertically in response to the pivoting of the lever about the fulcrum, and a roller rotatably engaged to the latch button and adapted to be removably engaged with a battery of the power equipment to removably secure the battery inside a battery housing of the power equipment.
Claims20
A latch assembly for a power equipment having a battery housing and a battery removably arranged inside the battery housing, comprising:
- a latch housing coupled to or integral with the battery housing, the latch housing having a base and a cover arranged opposite to the base and defining a chamber therebetween, the latch housing defining a pair of aligned first grooves and a pair of aligned second grooves;
- a lever configured to pivot about a fulcrum, wherein a first pin extends through the lever and is arranged inside the pair of aligned first grooves, the first pin and the pair of aligned first grooves together defining the fulcrum;
- a push button rotatably coupled to the latch housing by a second pin arranged inside the pair of aligned second grooves, the push button including a handle portion and an engagement portion arranged in engagement with the lever;
- a latch button coupled to the lever and configured to move vertically in response to the pivoting of the lever about the fulcrum;
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- a roller rotatably engaged to the latch button and adapted to be removably engaged with the battery to removably secure the battery inside the battery housing, wherein the roller is arranged inside a detent of the battery when the latch button is in a vertically upward position and is moved outwardly of the detent when the latch button is in a vertically downward position.
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A power equipment, comprising:
- a battery housing;
- a battery removably coupled to the battery housing, the battery defining a detent;
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- a latch assembly configured to removably secure the battery with the battery housing, the latch assembly including
- a latch housing coupled to or integral with the battery housing, the latch housing having a base and a cover arranged opposite to the base and defining a chamber therebetween, the latch housing defining a pair of aligned first grooves and a pair of aligned second grooves,
- a lever configured to pivot about a fulcrum, wherein a first pin extends through the lever and is arranged inside the pair of aligned first grooves, the first pin and the pair of aligned first grooves together defining the fulcrum,
- a push button rotatably coupled to the latch housing by a second pin arranged inside the pair of aligned second grooves, the push button including a handle portion and an engagement portion arranged in engagement with the lever,
- a latch button coupled to the lever and configured to move vertically in response to the pivoting of the lever about the fulcrum;
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- a roller rotatably engaged to the latch button and adapted to be removably engaged with the battery to removably secure the battery inside the battery housing, wherein the roller is arranged inside the detent when the latch button is in a vertically upward position and is moved outwardly of the detent when the latch button is in a vertically downward position.
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A lawnmower, comprising:
- a cutter housing including a blade chamber;
- a plurality of wheels connected to and supporting the cutter housing;
- a blade arranged, at least partially, in the blade chamber and rotatably mounted to the cutter housing to rotate about a blade axis;
- a battery housing supported on the cutter housing;
- a battery removably arranged inside the battery housing, the battery defining a detent;
- a motor mounted on the cutter housing to drive the blade;
- a latch housing coupled to or integral with the battery housing, the latch housing having a base and a cover arranged opposite to the base and defining a chamber therebetween, the latch housing defining a pair of aligned first grooves and a pair of aligned second grooves;
- a lever pivotably supported relative to the latch housing and configured to pivot about a fulcrum, wherein a first pin extends through the lever and is arranged inside the pair of aligned first grooves, the first pin and the pair of aligned first grooves together defining the fulcrum;
- a push button rotatably coupled to the latch housing by a second pin arranged inside the pair of aligned second grooves, the push button including a handle portion and an engagement portion arranged in engagement with the lever;
- a latch button coupled to the lever and configured to move vertically in response to the pivoting of the lever about the fulcrum;
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- a roller rotatably engaged to the latch button and adapted to be removably engaged with the battery to removably secure the battery inside the battery housing, wherein the roller is arranged inside the detent when the latch button is in a vertically upward position and is moved outwardly of the detent when the latch button is in a vertically downward position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.