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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Jianping Xu, Min Hang District, CN;
David A. Minnich, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Camillo R. Conte, Newark, DE (US);
Kevin A. Mccloskey, Hatboro, PA (US);
Ryan M. Downey, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Martin M. Morrison, West Chester, PA (US);
Jianping Xu, Min Hang District, CN;
David A. Minnich, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Camillo R. Conte, Newark, DE (US);
Kevin A. McCloskey, Hatboro, PA (US);
Ryan M. Downey, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Martin M. Morrison, West Chester, PA (US);
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Abstract
A rotary pawl latch has a lock bar that engages with the pawl when the pawl is latched and that moves toward the center of the pawl to release the pawl for unlatching. This lock bar never completely becomes disengaged from the envelope of the pawl. There are cutouts in the pawl which allow the pawl to rotate as the lock bar is actuated.