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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
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:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.