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US 2018/0195325 A1Published application
Latch System with Position Hold
AssigneeBell Helicopter Textron Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Amante, Arunkumar Koppa Siddalingappa
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Abstract
A latch system has a pin movable along a pin axis, a control rod connected to the pin, a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel, and a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole.
Claims20
A latch system, comprising:
- a pin movable along a pin axis;
- a control rod connected to the pin;
- a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel;
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- a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a door movably connected to the fuselage;
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- a latch system carried by the door, the latch system comprising:
- a pin movable along a pin axis;
- a control rod connected to the pin;
- a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel;
- and
- a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.