US 11,672,088 B1
Latch for sidewalk robot
Brett Skaloud, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/46,413.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); B60P 7/06 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B65D 45/16 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0221 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01); B60P 7/06 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); B65D 45/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A automated lid and latch mechanism for opening and closing a lid of a container or a robot, comprising:
the lid having an open position and a closed position;
a latch body on the lid;
a plunger assembly including:
a moveable plunger that is spring biased toward engagement with the latch body and adapted to be pulled toward a retracted position, in which the plunger is engaged with the latch body, by a cable;
a catch mechanism coupled to the moveable plunger and adapted to be carried by the moveable plunger, the catch mechanism being configured to (i) temporarily retain the moveable plunger in a retracted position during initiation of opening of the lid and (ii) be released by upward movement of the latch body to free the moveable plunger from being retained by the catch mechanism;
whereby the moveable plunger when engaged with the latch body retains the lid in the closed position, and the moveable plunger in the retracted position frees the lid for opening.