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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Redreddy Sukumar Reddy, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
49280 ; 49362 ;
Abstract
A lock assembly, for a door panel of a transit vehicle, has its locking action directly driven by the door operator into which it is incorporated. The locking assembly holds the door panel in a closed position through direct contact with the door panel, providing improved reliability by bypassing intermediate components of the door operator.