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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2006
Richard Horton, Stourbridge, GB;
Andrew Thornton, Kingswinford, GB;
Richard Horton, Stourbridge, GB;
Andrew Thornton, Kingswinford, GB;
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Abstract
A latching system for securing two members together includes a housing, a pawl that is pivotally attached to the housing, a locking member, an actuating mechanism, and a rocker switch. The pawl is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The rocker switch is used to control the actuating mechanism. The rocker switch includes an outer housing, an inner housing, a printed circuit board, and a button. The pawl is provided with a torsion spring member that biases the pawl toward the open or disengaged configuration. Energizing the electrical actuating mechanism retracts the locking member out of engagement with the pawl, thus allowing the pawl to rotate under spring bias to the open configuration.