Push-push locking mechanism
OwnerTorsten Bieck, Gundolf Kaupp +2inventors
InventorsTorsten Bieck, Gundolf Kaupp, Andreas Schneider, Steffen Breunig
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Abstract
An inertia locking mechanism used to hold a drawer closed by preventing self-actuated opening of the drawer (10) during an automobile accident includes a heart-shaped slide channel and a cooperating pin (44) arranged on a pivotable rectangular lever (36) that has an additional weight (48). In the event of an accident, the additional weight (48) exerts a moment upon the lever (36) that prevents release of the pin (44) by a heart-shaped pin (52) of the heart-shaped slide channel (38).
Claims4
Inertia push-push locking mechanism, comprising a slide channel (38) and a pin (44) cooperating with the slide channel (38), wherein said pin (44) is released from the slide channel (38) by over-pushing the pin (44) in a locking direction beyond a locked position in the slide channel (38), wherein the pin (44) is arranged on a pivotably mounted lever (36) having an eccentric mass (46, 48), wherein said eccentric mass exerts a moment (62) upon the lever (36) in the event of violent deceleration acting upon the push-push locking mechanism in the locking direction, said moment pressing the pin (44) in the slide channel (38) to a side of the slide channel (38), wherein said pin (44) also moves to said side of the slide channel (38) during locking of the push-push mechanism.
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