Two Assembly Parts Latch System
AssigneesApplied Concepts Aircraft Solutions, Inc., The Young Engineers, Inc.
InventorManuel Loret de Mola
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Abstract
A bolt mechanism comprising a backing plate adapted to be mounted on a flat panel, a bolt assembly housing attached to the backing plate, a sliding bolt assembly carried on the bolt assembly housing one end of which can engage and latch to a striker, and a spring on the housing for keeping the end of the bolt extending out of the bolt assembly housing. An actuator housing assembly comprising an actuator housing having an opening therein, a movable actuator member received in the opening, the actuator member having a front surface and a rear surface and being digitally movable in the opening, and a hammer extending from the rear surface of the movable actuator member. The actuator housing assembly is adapted to enable the attachment to and detachment from the bolt mechanism assembly.
Claims9
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An easily modified closure latching system comprising the combination of a bolt mechanism assembly and an actuator housing assembly,
- said bolt mechanism assembly comprising
- a backing plate adapted to be mounted on a complementary surface of a panel
- a bolt mechanism assembly housing attached to said backing plate,
- a sliding bolt assembly carried by said bolt mechanism assembly housing, said sliding bolt assembly including a bolt one end of which has means adapted to engage and latch to a striker, said bolt having a laterally extending projection,
- a spring in said housing for keeping said end of the bolt out of the housing to latch to the striker
- said bolt mechanism assembly housing including access means for a hammer adapted to compress said spring and withdraw said end of the bolt from latching to said striker;
- and
- attachably and detachably connected to said bolt mechanism assembly in operative relationship,
- said actuator housing assembly comprising
- an actuator housing having an opening therein,
- a rocker actuator member pivotally received in said opening and pivotally attached to said actuator housing, said actuator member having a front surface and a rear surface and being digitally movable in said opening,
- a hammer extending at an essentially right angle from said rear surface of said movable rocker actuator member and adapted to move in said opening and to compress said spring by contact with said laterally extending projection upon pivotal inward movement of said rocker actuator member and withdraw said bolt from latching to said striker.
An easily modified closure latching system comprising the combination of a bolt mechanism assembly and an actuator housing assembly,
- said bolt mechanism assembly comprising
- a backing plate adapted to be mounted on a complementary surface of a panel
- a bolt mechanism assembly housing attached to said backing plate,
- a sliding bolt assembly carried by said bolt mechanism assembly housing, said sliding bolt assembly including a bolt one end of which has means adapted to engage and latch to a striker;
- a spring in said housing for keeping said end of the bolt out of the housing to latch to the striker
- said bolt mechanism assembly housing including access means for a hammer adapted to compress said spring and withdraw said end of the bolt from latching to said striker;
- and
- attachably and detachably connected to said bolt mechanism assembly in operative relationship,
- said actuator housing assembly comprising
- an actuator housing having an opening therein,
- a movable paddle actuator member pivotally received in said opening, said actuator member having a front surface and a rear surface and being digitally movable in said opening,
- a hammer extending at an essentially right angle from said rear surface of said movable paddle actuator member and adapted to move in said opening and to compress said spring upon pivotal movement of said paddle actuator member outwardly from said actuator housing and withdraw said bolt from latching to said striker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.