Striker locking latch assembly incorporating a cinching cam and hook for compressing the striker against outer support plates
US12162378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60N2/01583
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A striker locking latch assembly having a mounting bracket and a cover plate secured together by first and second bushings to define a package interior. The first bushing rotatably supports a structural cam and a cinching cam, with the second bushing rotatably supporting a hook adapted to engage the striker when seated within an underside cavity defined between the bracket and plate. A torsional spring biases the cinching cam in a first direction for maintaining a first biasing contact with the hook engaging with the striker. A coil spring extends between the structural cam and a rotationally offset location of the hook such that, and upon the structural cam being pivoted into engagement with the cinching cam and against the first biasing component, continued pivotal actuation of the structural cam and cinching cam causes the second biasing component to pivot the hook out of contact with the striker in a second release position, at which the cinching cam establishes a second biasing contact with the hook.
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