US 12,168,898 B2
S-hook latch
Mark Hubberstey, Stafford (GB); and Michael Somerfield, Stoke-On-Trent (GB)
Assigned to ROHR, INC., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,265.
Claims priority of application No. 21275093 (EP), filed on Jul. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003062 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E05C 3/00 (2006.01); E05C 7/00 (2006.01); F02K 1/76 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 3/004 (2013.01) [E05C 7/00 (2013.01); F02K 1/766 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking mechanism, comprising:
a first catch comprising a first catching portion and a first retaining portion,
wherein the first catching portion is configured to receive and engage with a locking member in use;
wherein the first retaining portion is configured to, in use, retain the first catching portion in position relative to a first component that is to be locked; and
wherein the first catch comprises pivoting means configured to allow the first catching portion to pivot relative to the first retaining portion;
wherein the pivoting means comprises the first catching portion having a spherical section which fits into a correspondingly shaped spherical recess in the first retaining portion; and
a second catch, wherein the locking member comprises an S-shaped locking member having a first hook at a first end configured to engage with the first catching portion of the first catch and having a second end configured to engage with a second catching portion of the second catch.