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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Martin James Wadsworth, Atherton, GB;
Stephen Leslie Foster, Blackburn, GB;
EJA Engineering Limited, Wigan, GB;
Abstract
A bolt assembly for interengaging two relatively movable elements. The assembly comprises a first component ( ) which is connected to one element, and a second component ( ) which is connected to the other element. The first component ( ) includes a bolt ( ) displaceable between engaged and disengaged positions, and the second component ( ) comprises means for engaging the bolt to interengage the elements to which the components ( ) are connected when the first component is in a predetermined position relative to the second component and the bolt ( ) is in the engaged position. The first component ( ) comprises a magnetically ( ) releasable latch mechanism arranged to latch the bolt ( ) in the disengaged position, and the second component ( ) comprises at least one source of magnetic flux ( ) arranged to release the latch when the first component ( ) is in the predetermined position relative to the second component ( ).