37 results about "Device Latch" patented technology

A mortise latch and vertical rod exit device latches at a center point between two doors and at top points between each door and the door frame. Optionally vertical rods may also be used to latch at bottom points between the doors and the floor. The latch includes an active and a passive latch mechanism operated by corresponding operating mechanisms. The mortise latch mechanisms cooperatively interact so that either door may be opened first, and either door may be closed first, without regard to the position of the other door. The active mortise latch mechanism includes a latch bolt and an activation bolt arranged so that one bolt is retracted when the other is extended, except when the doors are being opened or closed, when both bolts are retracted. The active mortise latch mechanism automatically retracts the latch bolt when the doors are not aligned and automatically extends the latch bolt when the doors are aligned. The passive mortise latch mechanism ejects the latch bolt as needed to allow the passive door to be opened first.

The present invention provides a latch mechanism or assembly of the type commonly used on doors and on commercial cabinets and cases, and the like, that is simple to manufacture and has relatively few parts. The present invention provides a door, lid, gate, hatch, cover or other closure device latch mechanism or assembly for retaining a linearly operable bolt element securely by a striker or receiver element that is releasable from either side of the latch by operation of a rotary mechanism actuated by a flush handle on one side or a push button or push cap on the opposite side. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.

A ratchet buckle device includes a base having two side plates rotatably attached to a reel drum, one or more toothed discs attached to the reel drum and latched to the base with a stop, an operating arm having two legs rotatably attached to the reel drum, a catch device latching the operating arm to the toothed disc, and a latch pivotally attached to the side plates for engaging with the toothed disc, and for allowing the latch to be tilted relative to the side plates, and the ratchet buckle device includes an improved structure for allowing the ratchet buckle device to be easily operated and for allowing the belt or strap to be temporarily released and to be easily unlocked or unfastened.

A computer peripheral device suitable for operation with a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus or the like, has the ability to "wakeup" the bus from a cold state (e.g., D3cold) without the need to supply auxiliary power (e.g., 3.3 volts) to the entire device during the cold state. A modem in the preferred embodiment (although the invention is applicable to other peripheral devices), the device latches device status information from the main circuitry of the device (operating on 5 volts, for example) into a "keep alive" circuit connected to the auxiliary power supply upon the falling edge of a PCI reset signal (RST#). Additionally, the auxiliary power supply also powers a ring detect circuit for the detection of an incoming telephone call, which incoming call triggers a Power Management Event (PME#) signal for changing the state of the bus to an active state. Further, the auxiliary power supply powers a RST# detection circuit for indicating that a change in the power state of the bus is imminent.

A processor retainer assembly prevents inadvertent removal of a processor from a circuit board socket by forces exerted on an information handling system that are translated from a heat sink to the processor by the coupling of thermal grease between the heat sink and the processor. A retention frame couples to a motherboard around the processor socket to support movement of the processor retainer between open and closed positions. A securing device hinge rotationally couples the processor retainer to the retention frame and a securing device latch locks the processor retainer in the closed position to restrict movement of the processor from the socket. A heat sink contacts the processor through an opening in the processor retainer. Heat sink supports extending from the retention frame engage the heat sink so that a single processor retainer assembly retains the processor in the socket and the heat sink proximate to the processor.

A splitting apparatus and manipulating apparatus for optical waveguides is disclosed. The splitting apparatus has a bottom plate, a first side and a second side. At least one bundled core guide device, which is used for guiding and / or restraining a plurality of bundled cores, can be inserted into a first bushing region of a splitting apparatus on the first side in such a way that the bundled core guide device latches detachably with ribs and / or the bottom plate of the respective first bushing region. A second bushing region can receive the optical waveguides on the second side, wherein the optical waveguides are individual or loose from the bundled cores.

A processor retainer assembly prevents inadvertent removal of a processor from a circuit board socket by forces exerted on an information handling system that are translated from a heat sink to the processor by the coupling of thermal grease between the heat sink and the processor. A retention frame couples to a motherboard around the processor socket to support movement of the processor retainer between open and closed positions. A securing device hinge rotationally couples the processor retainer to the retention frame and a securing device latch locks the processor retainer in the closed position to restrict movement of the processor from the socket. A heat sink contacts the processor through an opening in the processor retainer. Heat sink supports extending from the retention frame engage the heat sink so that a single processor retainer assembly retains the processor in the socket and the heat sink proximate to the processor.

A hook 14 causes an attachment device (cartridge), which is mounted into an insertion slot arranged in an electronic apparatus such as a game apparatus, to be engaged with the insertion slot. The hook includes an arm 22, a ring portion 21 and a latch portion 23. The ring portion 21 is connected to one end of the arm 22. The latch portion 23 is connected to the other end of the arm22, and is latchable onto a predetermined portion of the insertion slot. Further, the ring portion 21 is pivoted by a spindle 31 of the attachment device, and is shaped so as to be deformable when a force from the arm 22 is applied thereto, the force being caused by the attachment device moving so as to be ejected from the insertion slot.

A representative embodiment of the invention provides a MEMS-based safety and arming (S&A) device having a shuttle movably connected to a frame by one or more bowed springs. The device has an electrical path adapted to electrically connect the frame and a contact pad. In the initial state, the electrical path has an electrical break. If the inertial force acting upon the shuttle (e.g., during launch) reaches or exceeds a first threshold value, then displacement of the shuttle with respect to the frame causes the electrical break to close. If the inertial force reaches or exceeds a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value, then a latching mechanism employed in the S&A device latches to keep the electrical break irreversibly closed thereafter.

A latched connector assembly includes a first connecting device and a second connecting device latched to each other. The first connecting device has a first casing and two terminal connectors received in the first casing. The first casing has first and second side walls. The first side walls have first engaging structures protruding outward. The second side walls each have an extending arm that has a second engaging structure. The second connecting device has a second casing and at least two terminal connectors received in the second casing. The second casing has third and fourth side walls. The third side walls have first engaging structures protruding outward. The fourth side walls each have a locking portion protruding outward for receiving the second engaging structures of the first connecting device. The terminal connectors are received, in opposite directions, in the first casing and the second casing, respectively.

A door damper. The door damper includes a rotational shaft rotatably coupled to a door, a rotating resistance unit to generate rotating resistance to the rotational shaft, and a latching device latched to the rotational shaft and the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together in a predetermined region. The latching device includes a free rotating section enabling free rotation of the door at an initial stage of opening the door, and a latching section enabling the latching device to be latched to the rotational shaft and the door at a final stage of opening the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together. With the door damper, the door of electronic appliances can be smoothly opened without impact, and can be easily closed.

Latching device for a drilling device comprising a latching body mountable in an outer tube, an unlatching tube slidably mountable around the latching body, two latches attached to the latching body and pivotable between a deployed position in which the latch cooperates with the outer tube in order to latch the latching body to said outer tube and a retracted position for unlatching the latching body from the outer tube, a piston sliding around the latching body and secured to the unlatching tube, and a compression spring mechanism pressing the piston towards the latches in order to maintain the latches in their deployed position, a pulling force exerted on the unlatching tube compressing the spring mechanism to prevent the piston from pressing against the latches which position themselves in their retracted position.

A one-time programmable (OTP) latch circuit can include a single OTP device capable of storing a logic value in a nonvolatile fashion, or only two OTP devices in the event redundancy is desired. A latch section can latch a data value based on a comparison between a current drawn according to the one OTP device, and a reference current generated without and OTP device. An OTP device can include a gate oxide antifuse (GOAF) device.

A latched connector assembly includes a first connecting device and a second connecting device latched to each other. The first connecting device has a first casing and two terminal connectors received in the first casing. The first casing has first and second side walls. The first side walls have first engaging structures protruding outward. The second side walls each have an extending arm that has a second engaging structure. The second connecting device has a second casing and at least two terminal connectors received in the second casing. The second casing has third and fourth side walls. The third side walls have first engaging structures protruding outward. The fourth side walls each have a locking portion protruding outward for receiving the second engaging structures of the first connecting device. The terminal connectors are received, in opposite directions, in the first casing and the second casing, respectively.

A latching hinge masking device and method of use comprising two half cavities mounted with a living hinge and a unique latching mechanism and relief portions for accommodating extending screwheads. The device latches and fits around a mounted half hinge and covers the hinge completely during painting, staining, or finishing operations of a door or doorway. The device and method of use allows for easy and convenient attachment and removal and further allows for repeated re-use of the device.

The invention discloses an inflight larder safety device and a supervision method. After inflight food is put into an inflight larder and an inflight larder door is closed, the safety device is sealed in a latch seat, a lock rod and a lock hole on the inflight larder door. The inflight larder safety device comprises a safety device, a device latch assembly and a radio frequency chip structure, wherein the safety device comprises a device body and a device latch rope; the device latch assembly comprises a device latch body and a latch clamper arranged inside the device latch body; a radio frequency chip and a radio frequency antenna of the radio frequency chip structure are sealed in the device, and the radio frequency antenna is connected with the radio frequency chip. The supervision method comprises the following steps: 1, sealing the safety device after inflight food is put into the inflight larder, and verifying device data; 2, collecting data from the larder safety device by a hand-hold data collection terminal when the inflight larder hands over between a food factory and a supply truck, and sending the data to a system for data verification; 3, collecting data from the larder safety device by the hand-hold data collection terminal when the inflight larder hands over between the supply truck and an passenger airplane, and sending the data to the system for data verification so as to trace, monitor and manage inflight food from a factory to a cabin supply in real time, ensure the health and safety of inflight food and prevent lawless persons from doing illegal conducts by using the inflight larder.

An internal combustion engine has a supply channel for supplying combustion air. A throttle element is arranged in the supply channel. The engine has a starter device which enables a defined free flow cross section in the supply channel in a starting position. The starter device latches in the starting position and the latching is released by actuating an operator-controlled element. A first ramp controls the free flow cross section of the fuel port depending on the position of the throttle element. The free flow cross section of the fuel opening is controlled by a second ramp. The free flow cross section of the fuel opening, which is set using the second ramp, is greater than a flow cross section set using the first ramp for the same position of the throttle element. A favorable performance of the engine after starting thereof is achieved.

An apparatus comprises a chassis securing a midplane at a known distance from the first end of the chassis, wherein a first electronic device is securable within the first end of the chassis in connection with a midplane connector on a first surface of the midplane. A sub-chassis is receivable within the second end of the chassis with a proximal end of the sub-chassis engaging a second surface of the midplane. A distal end of the sub-chassis has a sub-chassis latch that secures the sub-chassis in the second end of the chassis with the proximal end engaged against the second surface of the midplane. A second electronic device is securable within the sub-chassis with a second device connector coupled to a midplane connector on the second surface of the midplane and a second device latch secured to a sub-chassis slot adjacent the distal end of the sub-chassis.

A method includes securing a midplane to a bracket disposed between a first and second ends of a chassis, wherein a first surface of the midplane engages the bracket and faces the first end of the chassis. A first electronic device is secured within the first end of the chassis with a first device connector coupled to a first midplane connector on the first surface of the midplane and a first device latch secured directly to a first slot in the chassis adjacent the first end. A sub-chassis is secured within the second end of the chassis, wherein the sub-chassis has a proximal end that engages a second surface of the midplane. Furthermore, a second electronic device is secured within the sub-chassis with a second device connector coupled to a second midplane connector on the second surface of the midplane and a second device latch secured directly to a slot in the sub-chassis adjacent the distal end of the sub-chassis.

A post-erase channel clearing procedure for double well, floating gate, non-volatile memory cells. The channel is cleared of charged particles coming from the floating gate after an erase operation in two steps. In the first step the charged particles are pushed into an upper substrate well below the floating gate but not allowed into a deeper well of opposite conductivity type relative to the upper well. After a brief time, T, the charged particles are pushed by a bias voltage into the deeper well from the upper well. This two step clearing procedure avoids device latchup that might occur otherwise.

An internal combustion engine has a supply channel for supplying combustion air. A throttle element is arranged in the supply channel. The engine has a starter device which enables a defined free flow cross section in the supply channel in a starting position. The starter device latches in the starting position and the latching is released by actuating an operator-controlled element. A first ramp controls the free flow cross section of the fuel port depending on the position of the throttle element. The free flow cross section of the fuel opening is controlled by a second ramp. The free flow cross section of the fuel opening, which is set using the second ramp, is greater than a flow cross section set using the first ramp for the same position of the throttle element. A favorable performance of the engine after starting thereof is achieved.

A representative embodiment of the invention provides a MEMS-based safety and arming (S&A) device having a shuttle movably connected to a frame by one or more bowed springs. The device has an electrical path adapted to electrically connect the frame and a contact pad. In the initial state, the electrical path has an electrical break. If the inertial force acting upon the shuttle (e.g., during launch) reaches or exceeds a first threshold value, then displacement of the shuttle with respect to the frame causes the electrical break to close. If the inertial force reaches or exceeds a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value, then a latching mechanism employed in the S&A device latches to keep the electrical break irreversibly closed thereafter.

The present invention provides a mini MSD (Manual Service Disconnector). The structure of the mini MSD comprises a socket, the socket comprises a base plate and a rectangular housing provided with anupper side face of the base plate; the base plate arranged at the internal portion of the rectangular housing is provided with a female terminal module, and the outer surface of the rectangular housing is provided with two mutually corresponding ear-shaped guide rails and inverted grips; the structure of the mini MSD comprises also a plug, the plug comprises a plug housing a male terminal module installed in the plug housing and capable of being inserted into a female terminal and a handle sleeved at the outer surface of the plug housing, the handle is provided with a locking device latched orlocked with the inverted grips, the handle is further provided with a latching column clamped into the ear-shaped guide rails, and the plug is clamped into the ear-shaped guide rails through the latching column and is buckled and fixed with the inverted grips through the locking device. Through unique structure improvement, mini MSD is provided with the handle to drive plugging and insertion of the plug and the socket through small pushing force, so that the problem is avoided that current plugging and insertion force is too large, and the effects are achieved that the structure is compact, the structure is novel and the safety performance is good.

The invention relates to a hoop lock having a lock body and a hoop which is movable relative to the lock body between an open position and a closed position. The lock body has a lock housing and a closing mechanism which is fastened in the lock housing and has a driver. The driver is selectively movable into an unlatched position or into a latched position. A latching device is furthermore provided in the lock body and acts between the driver of the locking mechanism, the hoop and the lock housing. The latching device latches the hoop to the lock housing when the hoop is in the closed position and the driver of the locking mechanism is in the latched position. At least a part of the latching device is movable together with the hoop between the open position and the closed position of the hoop.

A memory-testing device for testing a memory is provided. The memory-testing device includes a testing circuitry and a register. The testing circuitry is coupled to the memory for testing performance of the memory. The register is coupled to the testing circuitry and inputted by a testing clock signal, wherein the testing clock signal is different from an original clock signal of the memory and / or the testing circuitry. The testing clock signal is utilized for adjusting the time when the memory-testing device latches data from the memory to decrease a timing slack of the memory-testing device.

A memory-testing device for testing a memory is provided. The memory-testing device includes a testing circuitry and a register. The testing circuitry is coupled to the memory for testing performance of the memory. The register is coupled to the testing circuitry and inputted by a testing clock signal, wherein the testing clock signal is different from an original clock signal of the memory and / or the testing circuitry. The testing clock signal is utilized for adjusting the time when the memory-testing device latches data from the memory to decrease a timing slack of the memory-testing device.

A hydraulic bolt lifting device comprises a movable ring beam (2), a fixed ring beam (7) and a pile fixing frame (9), wherein the pile fixing frame (9) is connected with the upper end of the fixed ring beam (7) through connecting supports (8), the fixed ring beam (7) is connected with one end of each supporting rod (6) through a hinging shaft, the other end of each supporting rod (6) is hinged to a corresponding outer side telescopic end of a double-extend-out oil cylinder (4), the middle of the double-extend-out oil cylinder (4) is fixed to the movable ring beam (2) located under the double-extend-out oil cylinder (4) through an oil cylinder connecting plate (3), and the outer side telescopic ends of the double-extend-out oil cylinder (4) are respectively connected with the upper end of a sliding support (5). The hydraulic bolt lifting device is reasonable in structure, can ascend and descend through the successive coordinated motions of the movable ring beam and the fixed ring beam, the double-extend-out oil cylinder and a motion assembly of the double-extend-out oil cylinder are adopted, so that the hydraulic bolt lifting device operates stably and reliably, a platform will not incline and can be corrected itself even when inclination occurs, and the lifting efficiency is high.