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Patent No.:

US 10941594 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2017

Latch mechanism for storage box

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Frank Qiukui Liu, Canton, MI (US);

Francis Raymond Gillis, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David L. Coppiellie

Brooks Kushman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Kristina R Fulton

Assistant Examiner:

Faria F Ahmad

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 83/28 (2014.01); E05C 9/04 (2006.01); E05B 77/38 (2014.01); E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05B 83/32 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 83/28 (2013.01); E05B 77/38 (2013.01); E05B 83/30 (2013.01); E05C 9/041 (2013.01); E05C 9/046 (2013.01); E05B 83/32 (2013.01); E05C 9/04 (2013.01); Y10T 292/084 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0834 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0836 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0843 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0846 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0856 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0894 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0902 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0966 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0993 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1014 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1018 (2015.04); Y10T 292/307 (2015.04); Y10T 292/308 (2015.04);
Abstract

A latch mechanism for a vehicle storage box may include a pair of pawls fixed on opposite sides of a coupler and configured to cause inward translation of one pawl in response to actuation at the other pawl, and a sliding element arranged between each of the pawls and the coupler, the sliding element including at least one retention mechanism to fix the pawl to the sliding element and further including a biasing element to compress the pawl to further engage the pawl with the retention mechanism.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Liu, Frank. (2021). Latch mechanism for storage box (U.S. Patent No. 10941594). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10941594

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