US 12,215,524 B2
Method and device for sensing a striker within a rotary latch
Christian Alberto Diaz Chinchillas, Chihuahua (MX)
Assigned to Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/925,633
Filed by Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
PCT Filed May 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/033539
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/237014, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,926, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0167658 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 63/22 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05C 3/12 (2006.01); E05B 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 63/22 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); E05C 3/124 (2013.01); E05B 2015/041 (2013.01); E05B 2015/0413 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0016 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch assembly comprising:
a frame;
a pawl including a surface for receiving a striker and being movably coupled to the frame between an open and a closed position, wherein, in the closed position, the pawl is positioned to retain the striker to the latch assembly, and, in the open position, the pawl is not positioned to retain the striker to the latch assembly;
a trigger that is mounted to the frame and is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein, in the locked position of the trigger, the trigger is positioned to retain the pawl in the closed position;
a striker bar that is movably coupled to the trigger and is positioned to be contacted by the striker, wherein the striker bar is configured to move in the course of moving the striker into the pawl; and
means for sensing a position of the striker bar, wherein the position of the striker bar is indicative of the position of the striker and the position of the trigger.