Patents by Inventor Andrew Fairey

Andrew Fairey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Latch assembly
    Patent number: 8740263
    Abstract: A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position, a pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position, an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis, wherein when the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position the eccentric arrangement rotates about the eccentric axis to move the pawl axis from a first pawl axis position to a second pawl axis position, a retaining mechanism having a retaining position at which the pawl axis is held in the first pawl axis position and having a non-retaining position at which the pawl axis is allowed to move to the second pawl axis position, a release lever configured to move the retaining mechanism between the retaining position and the non-retaining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Inteva Products, LLC
    Inventors: Hardev Singh, Peter Coleman, David Peatey, Andrew Fairey, John Gorton, Michael Smith, Patrice Cardine, Samuel Hall, Paul Norman, David Pritchard
  • LATCH ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120098279
    Abstract: A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position a pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis wherein when the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position the eccentric arrangement rotates about the eccentric axis to move the pawl axis from a first pawl axis position to a second pawl axis position, a retaining mechanism having a retaining position at which the pawl axis is held in the first pawl axis position and having a non-retaining position at which the pawl axis is allowed to move to the second pawl axis position, a release lever configured to move the retaining mechanism between the retaining position and the non-retaining position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hardev Singh, Peter Coleman, David Peatey, Andrew Fairey, John Gorton, Michael Smith, Patrice Cardine, Samuel Hall, Paul Norman, David Pritchard