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US 2015/0033634 A1Published application
Door snubber and strike plate
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsNathanial C. Cuddy, Paul Thomas Bridgeman
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Abstract
A structure comprises a door, a frame for the door, and a door snubber. One of the frame and the door has an overlapping edge trim, and the other carries the snubber such that the snubber engages the edge trim when the door is closed on the frame.
Claims18
A structure comprising:
- a door;
- a frame for the door;
- and
- a door snubber;
- wherein one of the frame and the door has overlapping edge trim, and the other carries the snubber such that the snubber engages the edge trim when the door is closed on the frame.
2 more elements
A mechanism comprising an integrated snubber and strike plate;
- the strike plate having a latch receptacle and first and second retaining housings on opposite sides of the receptacle;
- the door snubber including first and second bearing pads extending from the first and second retaining housings, the bearing pads biased away from the strike plate.
A method for a door subject to external vibrations, the method comprising:
- closing the door on a frame having overlapping edge trim such that a latching mechanism on the door engages a strike plate on the frame;
- and
- applying force between the trim and the strike plate to bias the door away from the trim to maintain a gap between the door and trim under the vibrations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.