Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanical latch module
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Application No.: US14983252Application Date: 2015-12-29
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Publication No.: US10080300B1Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Timothy Olesiewicz , Christopher Frank
- Applicant: EMC Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
- Main IPC: E05C3/06
- IPC: E05C3/06 ; H05K5/02 ; H05K5/00

Abstract:
A latch module that includes a button carriage that is slidably coupled to a latch module chassis, thereby enabling the button carriage to move between an extended and a depressed position. The button carriage, when a user-operable button of the button carriage is depressed a first time, moves from the extended position to the depressed position. An inverter arm that is pivotally coupled to the latch module chassis and that is mechanically linked to the button carriage pivots when the button carriage, moves from the extended position to the depressed position, as the button is depressed. A latch arm that is mechanically linked to the inverter arm slides from a non-blocking position into a blocking position when the inverter arm pivots. In the blocking position, the latch arm extends beyond a retaining pin of a chassis; and in the non-blocking position, the latch arm clears the retaining pin.
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