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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11512511 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2019

Locking mechanism

Applicant:

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Solihull, GB;

Inventors:

Jack William Timms, Wolverhampton, GB;

Tim Hudson, Shropshire, GB;

Assignee:

GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Solihull West Midlands, GB;

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christine M Mills

Assistant Examiner:

Faria F Ahmad

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 19/12 (2006.01); F02K 1/76 (2006.01); E05C 3/02 (2006.01); F16B 7/18 (2006.01); E05C 3/34 (2006.01); E05B 51/02 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 19/12 (2013.01); E05C 3/02 (2013.01); E05C 3/34 (2013.01); F02K 1/766 (2013.01); F16B 7/185 (2013.01); E05B 51/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/0642 (2013.01); Y10S 292/21 (2013.01); Y10T 292/0922 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1043 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1044 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1045 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1082 (2015.04);
Abstract

A locking mechanism comprises an S-shaped locking member which comprises respective locking hooks arranged at the end of opposed arms of the locking member. A pivot is arranged between the arms of the locking member. The locking member rotates around the axis (A) of the pivot. The locking mechanism further comprises a coupling for coupling the locking member to an actuator for rotating the locking member around the pivot axis (A). The coupling comprises at least one coupling element, an actuator coupling for coupling the at least one coupling element to the actuator and first and second drive couplings for coupling the at least one coupling element independently to each arm of the locking member for transmitting rotational movement thereto, such that failure of one arm of the locking member will not cause loss of drive to the other arm of the locking member.

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