IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0670655
(2000-09-27)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Arthur W. Dessenberger, Jr.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
9 인용 특허 :
9 |
초록
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Disclosed is a keeper mechanism utilized with a latch having a hook. The keeper mechanism includes a housing, housing extension, clevis, adjusting nut, biasing spring, retaining ring, detent spring, indicator, and indicator spring. The housing includes exterior and interior surfaces, a mounting wall
Disclosed is a keeper mechanism utilized with a latch having a hook. The keeper mechanism includes a housing, housing extension, clevis, adjusting nut, biasing spring, retaining ring, detent spring, indicator, and indicator spring. The housing includes exterior and interior surfaces, a mounting wall, and an adjustment slot adjacent the mounting wall. The mounting wall connects to one end of the housing and includes an opening. One end of the housing extension protrudes from the exterior surface of the housing while the other end includes an indicator opening. The clevis includes a clevis opening and clevis shaft which passes through the opening and extends inside the housing. The adjusting nut is threadably mounted to the clevis shaft and includes a plurality of grooves. One end of the biasing spring is adjacent the mounting wall while the other end interfaces the adjusting nut. The retaining ring connects to the interior surface of the housing between the adjustment slot and the housing extension. The detent spring mounts to the interior surface of the housing and has at least one knee in contact with at least one of the plurality of grooves. The indicator is housed within the housing extension and includes a bulb-shaped sensing end which engages the adjusting nut, lip adjacent the bulb-shaped sensing end, flag end positioned adjacent the indicator opening, and cylindrical indicator shaft which extends from the lip to the flag end. The indicator spring surrounds the cylindrical indicator shaft.
대표청구항
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1. A keeper mechanism utilized with a latch having a hook, the latch moveable between an unloaded position and a loaded position, the keeper mechanism comprising:a housing having: an exterior surface; an interior surface, opposing ends; and a mounting wall connected to one of the ends of the housing
1. A keeper mechanism utilized with a latch having a hook, the latch moveable between an unloaded position and a loaded position, the keeper mechanism comprising:a housing having: an exterior surface; an interior surface, opposing ends; and a mounting wall connected to one of the ends of the housing, the mounting wall including an opening, a housing extension, having opposing ends, one end of the housing extension connects to the housing such that the housing extension protrudes from the exterior surface of the housing, the other end of the housing extension including an indicator opening; a clevis, formed of a clevis opening, positioned outside of the housing, at one end of a clevis shaft, with the clevis shaft passing through the opening in the mounting wall and extending inside the housing; an adjusting nut threadably mounted to the clevis shaft and positioned within the housing; a detent spring mounted to the interior surface of the housing, the detent spring in sliding contact with the adjusting nut; and an indicator housed within the housing extension, the indicator including: a bulb-shaped sensing end engaging the adjusting nut; and a flag end, adjacent the indicator opening; the indicator moveable between a flagged position, where the flag end extends outside of the housing extension for indicating when the latch is in an unloaded position, and an unflagged position, where the flag end does not extend outside of the housing extension for indicating when the latch is in a loaded position.
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