Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Latching apparatus and methods
- Patent Title (中): 闭锁装置和方法
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Application No.: US14264905Application Date: 2014-04-29
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Publication No.: US09045217B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Jan A. Kordel , Mark S. Good
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C23/06

Abstract:
Latching apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first latch portion including a first tooth and a first pin disposed in a first aperture defined by the first tooth and a second latch portion including a second tooth and a second pin disposed in an second aperture defined by the second tooth. The second tooth of the second latch portion is to mesh with the first tooth of the first latch portion to substantially orient the first pin and the second pin along an axis. The example apparatus further includes an actuator adjacent a first end of one of the first latch portion or the second latch portion to move the first pin and the second pin along the axis to lock the first latch portion to the second latch portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140231581A1 LATCHING APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2014-08-21
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