Discrete Push Or Pull Actuator Patents (Class 292/169.18)
  • Patent number: 11643847
    Abstract: A length adjustable door lock includes a latch assembly, a lock core connected with the latch assembly, a lock bolt connected with the lock core, and a housing sleeved on the lock bolt. The latch assembly and the lock core respectively have an embedding opening and slot having matchable shape, wherein a buckling portion is formed and provided on the lock bolt coordinately, wherein the buckling portion is adapted for being assembled in the slot of the lock core through the embedding opening, which is easy for the assembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Jeff Chen
  • Patent number: 11066848
    Abstract: A door locking mechanism is contained within a cartridge for use with a tubular style door lock. The cartridge activates and deactivates the door lock with a manual depression of a push button. Depressing the push button causes a cam to rotate thus converting the axial motion of the push button into a rotary motion thereby activating the door lock. Once locked, both the interior and exterior door knobs may not be rotated. In order to unlock the door, the push button is depressed a second time thereby rotating the cam in an opposing direction and deactivating the door lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Oscar Romero
  • Patent number: 10054006
    Abstract: A latch assembly for securing a nacelle portion of a gas turbine engine includes an engine case structure that includes a core compartment. An inner flow structure has closed and opened positions with respect to the engine case structure. The inner flow structure encloses the core compartment in the closed position and provides access to the core compartment in the opened position. A bypass flowpath is provided by a portion of the engine case structure and the inner flow structure. A seal is engaged with the engine case structure and the inner flow structure in the closed position. A latch has a latched position in which radial movement of the inner flow structure relative to the engine case structure is impeded and maintained in the closed position and an unlatched position in which the inner flow structure is permitted to move radially outward to the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Mercier, Thomas G. Cloft
  • Patent number: 8934220
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which firmly holds a battery pack at the time of mounting the battery pack, and can easily eject the battery pack at the time of ejection. When a battery pack 11 is housed in a battery compartment 21, and a cover 30 is slid from an attachment start position P1 to an attachment completion position P0 to cover the battery compartment 21, a regulation member 32 disposed on a rear surface 301 of the cover 30 is engaged with a battery pack locking claw 221 of a battery pack holding member 22, which locks an upper surface 11A of the battery pack 11. As a result, the movement of the battery pack holding member 22 in a direction of disengaging the battery pack locking claw 221 is regulated so that the battery pack 11 can be surely prevented from coming off from the battery compartment 21. Also, when the cover 30 moves to the attachment start position P1, the regulation member 32 is also moved and disengaged from the battery pack locking claw 221.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Miyamatsu, Hiroyuki Satou
  • Patent number: 8827326
    Abstract: A latch for detachably attaching a door to a jamb and convertible to an arrangement wherein the door can be opened and closed without manipulating the knob so that people with arthritis and certain disabilities may be relieved from having to manipulate the knob. In the converted arrangement, the bolt is held in a retracted position relative to the latch housing by a screw received in apertures in the housing and in the bolt. The knob is also held non-rotatably by the screw also being threadedly received in a threaded aperture in a cam to which the knob is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Berenson Corp.
    Inventor: Terry Babij
  • Patent number: 8480137
    Abstract: A locking device disposed on a casing and suitable for buckling up with a detachable object is provided. The locking device includes a base, an actuating element, and a driven latch. The base has a body fixed at the casing and a first slide track passing through the body. The actuating element has a first sliding block passing through the body and moves between a first position and a second position along a first axis via the first sliding block slidingly connected to the first slide track. The driven latch is slidingly disposed at the base and slides between a third position and a fourth position along a second axis. The driven latch and the actuating element are located at two opposite sides of the base. The driven latch has a second slide track and a locking portion. The first sliding block is slidingly connected to the second slide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong-Kuo Lai
  • Patent number: 8118333
    Abstract: The invention discloses a lock device. The lock device is used for detachably mounting a cover on a base. A recess is formed on the cover. A first hole is formed on the bottom of the recess, and a first retainer is extended out of the bottom of the recess. The lock device includes a first sliding member, a first elastomer, and a second sliding member. A column which is capable of passing through the first hole is formed on the first sliding member. A second retainer which is used for the first retainer to lock is formed on the second sliding member. When the first sliding member slides toward the base along a first axle, the column pushes the second retainer to make the second sliding member slide toward a second axle, so as to make the second retainer separate from the first retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Hsiang Lee, Po-Li Hsieh, Chai-Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 7726705
    Abstract: A locking device of a tray includes a button; a first hooking part connected to an end of the button and including a support rod, movable in a first direction within a through hole formed in a base plate, and a hooking projection which is locked to or released from a hooking groove; a return spring interposed between the first hooking part and the base plate so as to provide elastic force to the first hooking part; and a second hooking part which is attached to a slanted slot in a side of the first hooking part so as to move in a slantwise direction with respect to the first hooking part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byoung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 7178842
    Abstract: A handle set includes a handle assembly having an operator, a rose insert, and a shank having a bore. The rose insert has a central opening and a post. The shank is affixed to the operator and rotatably received in the central opening. A rotational stop is coupled to the rose insert. A spindle guide is slidably received in the bore and is slidable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A kick-off plate having a retention slot is coupled to the spindle guide. A centralizing cup having a single multi-function tang and a lock retention feature is mounted to the shank. The multi-function tang is configured for rotation along a rotational path, the rotation being limited by the rotational stop. The lock retention feature is positioned to engage the retention slot when the spindle guide is in the locked position to thereby retain it in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Newfrey, LLC
    Inventor: Graham John Wheatland
  • Patent number: 6860529
    Abstract: A tubular lockset includes a push button locking actuator with an automatic kick-off feature. A spindle assembly extends between an interior knob or lever and an exterior knob or lever. A latch assembly includes a bolt and a locking member that is movable between a locking position, where the locking member engages the spindle assembly, and an unlocking position. When the latch bolt is moved about ? inch, a locking member is disengaged from the spindle assembly to unlock the lockset. The disengagement occurs independently of any movement of the interior knob or lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Gerald B. Chong, Gary Bergen
  • Patent number: 6802546
    Abstract: A convertible door latch assembly convertible between a non-locking configuration and a locking configuration. The convertible door latch assembly including a bolt housing, a bolt slidably engaging the bolt housing and having a first slot and a second slot, a drawbar slidably engaging the first slot and the bolt housing, a dead latch stop being engagable in the first slot to hold the drawbar in the first slot when the convertible door latch assembly is in the locking configuration, a plunger being slidably engagable in the second slot and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position when the convertible door latch assembly is in the locking configuration, and a pull slidably positionable within the first slot and moveable relative to the bolt when the convertible door latch is in the non-locking configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Peter K. Bates, Truman Bradley, Thor Hendrickson, Dario L. Pompeii
  • Patent number: 6709034
    Abstract: There is provided an improved sliding door handle assembly having a spring operated integral push button locking mechanism. Specifically, the improved sliding door handle assembly is comprised of a handle assembly including an upper handle section and a lower handle section, and a push button assembly. The upper handle section is recessed so as to incorporate the push button assembly and includes an opening for insertion of a cylindrical locking pin. The locking pin is spring-biased so as to move between a first position for locking the handle and a second position for unlocking the handle. The lower handle section is curved to facilitate gripping the door handle. The push button assembly includes a housing member and a push button member. The push button assembly has an opening to receive a push button member that is movable so as to engage and disengage the locking pin for locking and unlocking the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventor: Alex Michael
  • Patent number: 6536248
    Abstract: A door lock-and-handle assembly includes a housing receiving a latch bolt therein, a spindle for driving the latch bolt between extended and retracted positions, a handle coupled to the spindle, a sliding member connected to the latch bolt, a driving member coaxially coupled to the spindle and engageable with the sliding member, a locking member movable between locked and unlocked positions to engage and disengage the driving member, and a lock releasing member including a cam mechanism that has a cam member and a cam follower formed on the sliding member and the locking member, respectively, for moving the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position when the latch bolt is pushed toward the retracted position by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Fang-Yi Fan
  • Patent number: 6364382
    Abstract: A drawing plate structure of a latch of an auxiliary lock includes a drawing plate having a top portion extended toward one side, thereby forming a top flat portion. A lock tongue is provided with a slot, and the top flat portion of the drawing plate is inserted into the slot of the lock tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Taiwan Fu Hsing Indusrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Lan Huang, Chao-Ming Huang