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Rotary pawl latch

US7712801B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 2007
Grant dateMay 11, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/1047
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A rotary pawl latch has a lock bar that engages with the pawl when the pawl is latched and that moves toward the center of the pawl to release the pawl for unlatching. This lock bar never completely becomes disengaged from the envelope of the pawl. There are cutouts in the pawl which allow the pawl to rotate as the lock bar is actuated.

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