| US 11,807,505 B2 | ||
| Safety catch system | ||
| Corday Peterson, Fountain, MN (US); Corey Schlichter, Faribault, MN (US); and Stanley Norland, Blooming Prarie, MN (US) | ||
| Assigned to Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Warren, MI (US)Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE) | ||
| Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,225. | ||
| Application 18/059,225 is a division of application No. 16/818,245, filed on Mar. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,584,627, issued on Feb. 21, 2023. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2023/0093171 A1, Mar. 23, 2023 | ||
| Int. Cl. B66F 5/00 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01); B66F 7/08 (2006.01); B66F 7/28 (2006.01); B66F 7/06 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC B66F 17/006 (2013.01) [B66F 7/08 (2013.01); B66F 7/0625 (2013.01); B66F 7/0666 (2013.01); B66F 7/28 (2013.01); B66F 2700/02 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A safety latch system comprising:
a mount mountable on a housing of a piston; a pawl member coupled to the mount, the pawl member having a pawl; a ratchet member having a first sidewall that includes a first connecting portion that is connectable to an end portion of a piston rod of the piston and a teeth portion that is configured to engage with the pawl; and a release assembly operably connected to the pawl member and configured to provide an engaged state between the pawl member and the ratchet member and a disengaged state between the pawl member and the ratchet member, wherein,
when in the engaged state, the pawl member is engaged with the ratchet member such that the safety latch system is configured to provide (i) an unlocked state in which the ratchet member is movable relative to the pawl member as the piston rod advances outward from the housing and (ii) a locked state in which the pawl member is configured to lock into a depression between a set of adjacent teeth of the ratchet member to stop the piston rod from moving towards the housing; and
when in the disengaged state, the pawl member is disengaged from the ratchet member to permit the piston rod to advance outward from the housing and permit the piston rod to retract towards the housing.
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