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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Bernier, Mebane, NC (US);
Kevin F Nolan, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Michael Nanney, Mooresville, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70208 ; 70464 ; 109 61 ; 292153 ; 292175 ; 292D / ; 292D / ; 292D / ;
Abstract
A lock assembly is formed from a two-piece plastic unit that is held together and to the compartment door by a planar lanced metal spring. The latch projection is ramped relative to the latch retainer slot within the compartment door to cause the latch piece to become jammed within the retainer slot in the event the door is subjected to severe internally-generated gas pressures.