Door latch activator for trailers or truck bodies
AssigneeHyundai Translead
InventorDonald James Hindman
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Abstract
A door latch activator system for a trailer or truck body coupled to a door latch, including: a plunger installed in a path of the door latch; a switch configurable into one of an open or closed position by the plunger; and a pneumatic valve configured to control flow of pressurized air through the pneumatic valve depending on the position of the switch, wherein the plunger is moved toward or away from the roller switch by the door latch operating in the path, which activates the pneumatic valve to control the pressurized air flowing through the pneumatic valve.
Claims10
A door latch activator system for a trailer or truck body coupled to a door latch, the system comprising:
- a plunger installed in a path of the door latch;
- a switch configurable into one of an open or closed position by the plunger;
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- a pneumatic valve configured to control flow of pressurized air through the pneumatic valve depending on the position of the switch,
- wherein the plunger is moved toward or away from the roller switch by the door latch operating in the path, which activates the pneumatic valve to control the pressurized air flowing through the pneumatic valve.
An apparatus for a trailer or truck body, comprising:
- means for absorbing forces imposed by a door latch, said means for absorbing forces capable of being moved laterally in a path of the door latch;
- means for switching between closed and open positions by said means for absorbing forces depending on the door latch latching or unlatching;
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- means for controlling flow of pressurized air depending on a position of said means for switching,
- wherein said means for absorbing forces is moved toward or away from said means for switching by the door latch operating in the path, which activates said means for controlling to control the pressurized air flowing through said means for controlling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.