US 11,866,189 B2
Latching system with movable anti-shear mechanism
Bo D. Artin, Placentia, CA (US)
Assigned to Hartwell Corporation, Placentia, CA (US)
Filed by HARTWELL CORPORATION, Placentia, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,249, filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0300579 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 29/06 (2006.01); E05B 63/00 (2006.01); E05C 19/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 29/06 (2013.01) [E05B 63/0017 (2013.01); E05C 19/145 (2013.01); E05B 2063/0026 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latching system comprising:
a latch assembly; and
a keeper assembly including a base, a movable anti-shear mechanism coupled to the base, and a keeper coupled to the anti-shear mechanism, the keeper and anti-shear mechanism being movable together relative to the base between a retracted position and an extended position, the keeper arranged to extend along a first axis,
wherein a hook of the latch assembly is configured to selectively engage with the keeper of the keeper assembly, the latch assembly is configured to selectively move the hook to draw the keeper assembly toward the latch assembly and move the anti-shear mechanism from the retracted position to the extended position to engage a first shear pin and a second shear pin of the anti-shear mechanism with the latch assembly, the first shear pin is arranged to extend along a second axis substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis, and the second shear pin is arranged to extend along a third axis substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis opposite the second axis.