Reduced volume latch, lock, vent and handle mechanism for an apparatus door
US12297677B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C2001/009
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for technology that moves a vent panel into a pressurization position to close a depressurization vent to allow an apparatus to be pressurized. In the pressurization position, a first protrusion abuts a door structure. The vent panel is coupled with the first protrusion. The technology moves the vent panel to a depressurization position to open the depressurization vent to depressurize the apparatus. In the depressurization position the first protrusion is separated from the door structure. The technology moves the vent panel to an intermediate position between the pressurization position and the depressurization position. In the intermediate position the first protrusion abuts the door structure.
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