Storage compartment and latch therefor

US11235878B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Safran Cabin Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dennis Hausner · Herborn, DE
• Thomas Schaefer · Trier, DE
• Thomas Wiegand · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A latch assembly (1) is presented which comprises a safety latch (2) and a trigger latch (4). The safety latch (2) is releasable to raise from a lowered end position into a raised end position for, in use with an object, locking the object. The trigger latch (4) is adapted for fixing the safety latch (2) in its lowered end position and operable for releasing the safety latch (2). The safety latch (2) is adapted to be reset from its raised end position into its lowered end position for unlocking the object. Moreover, a storage compartment having at least one latch assembly (1) is presented.