Engine thrust reverser lock

An aircraft engine thrust reverser locking method, comprising:

• maintaining a pin-capturing member in an up position, the pin-capturing member being rotatable about a rotational axis between the up position and a down position, the pin-capturing member comprising an inner surface that defines first and second fixed, opposing slot sides that extend between open and closed ends of a slot within the pin-capturing member, the inner surface including a follower surface extending from the open end toward the closed end, the follower surface comprising an apex, a first side and a second side, the first side facing the rotational axis between the apex and the closed end of the slot, the first and second sides of the follower surface defining an acute angle with respect to the apex;
• translating a pin in a first direction with respect to the rotational axis from an exterior of the pin-capturing member through the open end of the slot and into contact with the follower surface;
• rotating the pin-capturing member from the up position toward the down position by translating the pin in the first direction while contacting the follower surface;
• and
• disengaging the pin from the inner surface by translating the pin within the slot in the first direction, toward the closed end of the slot, the apex located at a position on the follower surface that allows the pin to come to rest with clearance between the pin and the interior surface when the pin and pin-capturing member reach a locked configuration.