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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Camaco, Llc, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeff Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sanjay Vakil, Troy, MI (US);
Mohammad Fazli, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Yang Cao, Troy, MI (US);
Harish Bijwe, Novi, MI (US);
CAMACO, LLC., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A locking mechanism includes a housing, a cam disposed within the housing, and a plurality of pawls disposed within the housing. The housing includes a first plate and a second plate. The second plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plurality of teeth. Each of the plurality of pawls defines a central axis. Each of the plurality of pawls includes a plurality of pawl teeth. The plurality of pawl teeth include a first middle tooth positioned on a first side of the central axis and a second middle tooth positioned on an opposing second side of the central axis. The first middle tooth has a first flat face facing the central axis and a first curved face facing away from the central axis. The second middle tooth has a second flat face facing the central axis and a second curved face facing away from the central axis.