US 12,215,530 B2
Balk device for door lock
Imad D. Ghandour, San Diego, CA (US); and Ken V. Huynh, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,118, filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399879 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E05C 3/12 (2006.01); B64D 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 3/12 (2013.01) [B64D 29/06 (2013.01); E05C 2003/126 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
a latch movable between an unlocked position and a locked position;
a balk element rotatable between a balked position and an un-balked position, the balk element configured to block the latch from moving to the locked position when the balk element is in the balked position; and
a fitting comprising a keeper, the fitting movable between an open position and a closed position, the fitting configured to push the balk element into the un-balked position as the fitting moves into the closed position, and the latch configured to move to the locked position and engage the keeper when the fitting is in the closed position;
wherein the latch is rotatable about a latch axis between the unlocked position and the locked position, the balk element is rotatable about a balk element axis between the balked position and the un-balked position, and the balk element axis is angularly offset from the latch axis.