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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2008
Greg Alan Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Greg Alan Ritter, Hamburg, MI (US);
Anthony Beckman Hays, Jackson, MI (US);
Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jane Camile Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Michigan Aerospace Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A capture mechanism provides for receiving a necked coupling element within a socket, providing for the necked coupling element to slide therewith, biasing a latch lever in an open position so as to provide for receiving the necked coupling element within the socket adjacent to the latch lever, rotating the latch lever with the necked coupling element from the open position to a closed position as the necked coupling element is slid within the socket towards a bottom of the socket, biasing a latch lock against the latch lever, engaging the latch lock with the latch lever when the latch lever is in the closed position so as to provide for latching the latch lever in the closed position and capturing the necked coupling element within the socket, and providing for unlatching the latch lever by releasing the latch lock from engagement with the latch lever.