Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
292121000 | Spring projected | 23 |
20100026013 | LOCKING DEVICE - A locking device includes a locking mechanism and a striker. A hook of the locking mechanism, when rotated, is capable of forming a locked condition in which the striker is held between the hook and a recess of a base plate. A pawl is capable of rotating to a position in which the pawl can engage the hook and maintaining the hook in the locked condition. A locking spring is capable of biasing the hook and the pawl such that the hook and the pawl are stabilized in the locked condition or the unlocked condition. A thrust member is capable of rotating to a thrusting position in which the thrust member can press the hook in the locked condition toward a locking direction via a cam surface formed therein. A thrust spring is capable of biasing the thrust member toward the thrusting position. A through hole that is formed in the thrust member forms a deformation promoting portion. The deformation promoting portion is capable of deforming the thrust member when a load having a predetermined value or more is exerted on the thrust member side from the hook side. | 02-04-2010 |
20100109347 | Incubator - In an incubator according to the present invention, physical condition of a newborn is less likely to get out of order though a hand insertion window can easily be opened by operation with, for example, an elbow instead of a hand. A latch in a latch mechanism has a spiral face that extends to at least part of the periphery of a rotation shaft that extends along a side of a newborn chamber. A releasing member in the latch mechanism presses the spiral face of the latch by movement along the side of the newborn chamber and rotates the latch from a holding position to a releasing position for a hand insertion door. In addition, even if the latch in the latch mechanism rotates about the rotation shaft between the holding and releasing positions for the hand insertion door, the releasing member does not rotate. | 05-06-2010 |
20100270813 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FULLY AUTOMATIC FUNCTION CHECKING OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - In a locking device for the bonnet of a motor vehicle, a guide device is arranged on the bonnet, whereby an element of the lock that consists of the locking hook and clip is in engagement with the guide device, and whereby when the bonnet is closed and locked, the latter can be displaced relative to the locking hook and the clip via the guide device. | 10-28-2010 |
20120306219 | COVER LOCKING MECHANISM - A cover locking mechanism is provided to a cover hinged to an opening portion of a casing to be openable/closable and has a latch formed hookable on to a circumference of the opening portion of the casing. It includes a plate spring, one end of which (one end of the plate spring) is attached to the cover, and which provides a biasing force in a direction from an inner side of the cover toward the circumference to the latch thereby to bias the latch attached to the other end (other end of the spring) toward the circumference and to bring the latch into contact with the circumference. The latch has a configuration (first notch) for holding the cover at a first angle and a configuration (second notch) for preventing the cover from being opened beyond a second angle greater than the first angle, during cover opening operation. | 12-06-2012 |
20140103666 | Lock Device - [PROBLEM] An object is to provide a lock device having high locking strength. | 04-17-2014 |
20140312628 | LOCKING MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A locking mechanism includes a hooking component, an engagement structure, and an actuation component. The hooking component is disposed in a casing of a portable electronic apparatus. The engagement structure and the actuation component are disposed in another casing of the portable electronic apparatus. The actuation component is slidable relatively to the casing and includes a magnetic portion. When the magnetic portion approaches a hooking part of the hooking component, the hooking part is rotated out of the casing by a magnetic effect to hook the engagement structure; when the actuation component slides such that the magnetic portion is moved away from the hooking part, because a force generated by the magnetic effect to the hooking part decreases, a resilient part of the hooking component can drive the hooking part to disengaged from the engagement structure to rotate into the casing. | 10-23-2014 |
292122000 | Operating means | 17 |
20090072549 | Panic Exit and Enclosure Gate Method - A method of gating a fence starts with providing an exit that has spaced-apart first and second enclosure portions joined by upper and lower cross-members and at least one anchor joined to at least one of said enclosure portions; a mostly solid door between said enclosure portions and openable, said door and said enclosure portions having inward-facing surfaces; a latch coupling said door to one enclosure portion, said latch securing said door closed, said latch only operable from said inward-facing surface; and a guard attached to one of said enclosure portions and projecting inwardly proximate said latch. The next steps are digging holes for the enclosure portions and at least one anchor sufficiently deep to permit the lower cross-member to sit in the ground; placing the exit; pouring concrete up to about the ground surface; and attaching the fence to the enclosure portions. | 03-19-2009 |
20140138961 | HOOD LATCH STRUCTURE - A hood latch structure may include a base plate mounted in a vehicle, a pole rotatably provided at the base plate, a hood release cable having one end connected to the pole to rotate the pole, and a latch having a first end rotatably mounted at the base plate and a latching groove formed at a center thereof to allow a hood striker to be selectively inserted thereinto, wherein the latching groove may be selectively engaged with the pole. | 05-22-2014 |
20140319848 | LATCH ASSEMBLY RELEASE EFFORT CONTROL, AND METHOD THEREOF - A latch assembly for a lid covering a compartment includes a forkbolt, a detent, a forkbolt spring, and a detent spring. The lid is movable between a primary latched position, a secondary latched position, and an open position. The forkbolt and the detent are configured to releasably engage with each other in the primary latched position and the secondary latched position. The forkbolt spring and the detent spring are operatively attached to the forkbolt and the detent, respectively, and are configured to bias the forkbolt and the detent in opposite rotational directions. The forkbolt and the detent are releasable from the primary latched position and the secondary latched position via a first linear force and a second linear force, respectively, applied on the detent. The second linear force is within a predetermined tolerance of the first linear force. | 10-30-2014 |
20160138309 | Paddle latch - A paddle latch comprising a housing, a latch member and a bolt; wherein the bolt is mounted for sliding axial movement between a first, deployed, position and a second, retracted, position. The latch member is configured to move the bolt between said first and second positions upon actuation by a user. The paddle latch further comprises an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to provide selective adjustment of the deployed position of the bolt with respect to the housing. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138809 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE - The invention concerns a door-lock device of the above kind, studied and realized in particular to allow the optimal closing of the door of a household appliance, in particular an oven, capable of compensating any tolerances and plays, but that can be used for the closure of any door, which has to be closed in an optimal way. | 05-19-2016 |
292126000 | Lever | 4 |
20100156119 | ADJUSTABLE GATE LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR FENCE GATE - An adjustable gate latch assembly for a fence gate is adapted to close against a fence post. The gate latch assembly includes a gate latch body including an extended plate section and a cantilever plate section joined by a curved intermediate section. At least part of the curved intermediate section is corrugated. The cantilever plate section extends at a second angle from a second edge of the curved intermediate section. The curved intermediate section is adapted to receive a fence gate pipe. A latch clamp includes a plurality of curved protruberants at a first end and an opening proximate to a second end. At least a part of the latch clamp is corrugated. A plurality of adjustment slots are formed on the extended plate section to selectively receive the curved protruberants to anchor the first end of the latch clamp to the extended plate section. An opening is formed on the cantilever plate section. A bolt extends through the openings of the latch clamp and the cantilever plate section is secured by a nut to cause the latch clamp to engage the fence gate pipe to enable the gate latch body and the latch clamp to hold the fence gate pipe. | 06-24-2010 |
20120043766 | HOOD LATCH WITH THEFT PROTECTION FEATURE - A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a fork bolt pivotally secured to the latch assembly for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position; a detent lever pivotally secured to the latch assembly for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the fork bolt is prevented from moving toward the unlatched position from the latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position; a frame, the frame having a striker opening and a first opening; and a secondary lever pivotally mounted to the latch assembly for movement between a first position, wherein a hasp of the secondary lever is positioned over the striker opening and a second position wherein the hasp is not positioned over the striker opening and wherein a feature of the secondary lever blocks access to the first opening when the secondary lever is in the first position and wherein the feature of the secondary lever does not block access to the first opening when the secondary lever is in the second position. | 02-23-2012 |
20120091734 | LOCK FOR A LUGGAGE BOX - A lock for a luggage box installed overhead in the cabin of an aircraft, including a stationary housing and a cover that can move about a rotary axis. The lock includes a locking pin device that can be mounted on the housing, having two locking pins ( | 04-19-2012 |
20140284945 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK - The invention is directed to a lock for a door arrangement, wherein a catch and a pawl are provided. The catch can be in an open or closed position. The catch may be brought into holding engagement. The pawl may be brought into an engagement position. The pawl may be deflected into a release position. A pawl actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl. A switchable coupling arrangement comprises a first coupling lever, a second coupling lever and a spring biased coupling element. A control spring arrangement is provided that is engageable with the coupling element, which control spring arrangement acts against the spring bias of the coupling element, and that the pawl actuation lever is coupled to the control spring arrangement such that a predefined movement of the pawl actuation lever changes or eliminates the resulting force acting from the control spring arrangement onto the coupling element. | 09-25-2014 |
292128000 | Rigid | 8 |
20090256364 | OVER-CENTER LATCH APPARATUS FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A portable computing device, including a latch apparatus and system, may include a rotatable high wear plastic oversnapping arm, a pivot portion on the portable computing device, and an enclosure door with a geometric mating feature. The oversnapping arm may be configured to rotate 90° about the pivot portion to snap over the geometric mating feature and secure the enclosure door in a closed, latched position. As the oversnapping arm is rotated downward, its progress may be frictionally impeded by the geometric mating feature. Applying downward pressure on the oversnapping arm towards the physical interference may cause the oversnapping arm to bend over the interfering feature and snap into a closed, geometrically interlocked position. In the closed, latched position, the oversnapping arm may apply a positive pressure against the enclosure door. The positive pressure on the enclosure door increases the environmental sealing capabilities by putting additional pressure on the existing environmental seal. | 10-15-2009 |
20100194119 | LATCH STRUCTURE AND CABLE WITH CONNECTOR - A latch structure according to an embodiment includes a cage having an engagement hole, a connector attachably and detachably held in the cage, the connector comprising a connector body having an almost rectangular parallelepiped shape and an insertion part to be inserted into the cage formed on an end surface of the connector body, a latch cover rockably installed in an upper surface of the connector body, being formed of a single plate material and having a cover body for covering the upper surface of the connector body, an engagement claw to engage with the engagement hole of the cage formed at an end portion of the latch cover, a spring member for always energizing the latch cover so that the engagement claw engages with the engagement hole, a rocking member formed in both sides of the cover body of the latch cover and formed by bending the plate material downward and a rocking groove formed in both side surfaces of the connector body for rockably engaging with the rocking member, wherein the rocking member is fitted to the rocking groove and the latch cover is rockably installed in the connector body. | 08-05-2010 |
20110215596 | CABINET LATCH - A latch for securing a cabinet door to a cabinet body is disclosed. The latch includes a cam and cam follower configured to move in a pivoting manner to engage and disengage a hook to and from a striker. All the working parts of the latch are installed inside the cabinet such that they are hidden from view, whether the drawer is opened or closed. To prevent the striker from punching through the cabinet door and damaging the decorative bezel or button situated at the external side of the door, the internal side of the door defines a pocket that provides an integrated striker stop to receive the striker when the cabinet is closed. The decorative bezel or button may be detached and replaced independent of the latch. | 09-08-2011 |
20110241358 | LOCK MECHANISM OF MOBILE MEMBER - A lock mechanism (for example, a small object storage device for a vehicle) includes a base (for example, a housing), a mobile member, and a lock device. The lock device includes a lock portion; a knob; a return spring; an elongate hole for movably supporting at least one end portion of a rotational axis along a moving direction (for example, a sliding direction) of the mobile member; an urging device (for example, the return spring also serving as the urging device) for urging one end portion of the rotational axis toward a position of a front side of the elongate hole; and a rotation blocking portion for blocking a rotation of the knob when the one end portion of the rotational axis moves toward a deep side of the elongate hole against an urging force of the urging device (for example, the return spring also serving as the urging device). | 10-06-2011 |
20120248791 | Engaging Module - An engaging module is used for engaging a cover to a housing. The housing includes a sliding chute extended along a direction. The engaging module includes a sliding member and a hook. The sliding member is slidable between an opening position and a closing position in the sliding chute. The sliding member includes a latch including a first guiding surface and a second guiding surface. When the cover is engaged to the housing, the sliding member may be moved to the opening position along the direction to make the first guiding surface of the latch push the cover to separate from the housing. When it is desired to engage the cover to the housing, the hook is pushed toward the second guiding surface, the sliding member is moved from the closing position along the direction, and the sliding member is moved toward the closing position so that the latch is engaged to the trough of the hook. | 10-04-2012 |
20120280519 | HOOD LATCH FOR VEHICLE - A hood latch assembly for a vehicle may include a base provided under an upper cover of a hood in the vehicle, a main hook pivotally coupled to the base, a rotary member pivotally coupled to the base by a first hinge supported by a first elastic member and having an auxiliary hook disposed above the main hook, wherein the auxiliary hook latches or releases a striker depending on rotation angle of the rotary member, and a release knob rotatably coupled to the rotary member by a second hinge supported by a second elastic member, wherein the release knob has on a first end thereof a pressing part to press and rotate the rotary member when the release knob rotates in one direction. | 11-08-2012 |
20150345193 | FIXING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A fixing apparatus comprises a base, a locking structure, an operating member, a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The base has an opening. The locking structure is movably disposed at the opening along a second direction. The operating member is movably disposed at the second surface along a first direction perpendicular to the second direction. The first elastic member is connected with the operating member and the base. The second elastic member is connected with the locking structure and the base. When the operating member moves along the first direction and compresses the first elastic member, the locking structure moves along the second direction by a resilient force of the second elastic member and exposes the opening. When the operating member moves along an opposite direction of the first direction, the locking structure moves along an opposite direction of the second direction and covers the opening. | 12-03-2015 |
20160102481 | SELF-ALIGNING MODULAR LATCH - A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction. | 04-14-2016 |