Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-aligning latching interface for a latching actuator
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Application No.: US15994142Application Date: 2018-05-31
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Publication No.: US10704303B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Matthew M. Stack , Dayananda Narasimhaiah
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: E05B83/34
- IPC: E05B83/34 ; B60K15/05

Abstract:
A latching assembly includes a hinge defining a slot, the slot having a slot length and a slot width, wherein the slot length is greater than the slot width, and a latching actuator having a housing and a plunger partially disposed in the housing, the plunger configured to translate and rotate relative to the housing, the plunger having a distal end with a plunger end length and a plunger end width, wherein the plunger end length is greater than the plunger end width, the plunger configured to be inserted into the slot. The plunger end length is greater than the slot width and the plunger end length is less than the slot length by a clearance amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190368240A1 SELF-ALIGNING LATCHING INTERFACE FOR A LATCHING ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2019-12-05
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