US 11,933,247 B2
Thrust reverser system latch assembly and method of operating same
Prafull Joshi, Bengaluru (IN); and Srikanth Perumandla, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ROHR, INC., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,488.
Claims priority of application No. 202111032614 (IN), filed on Jul. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021890 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F02K 1/76 (2006.01); B64D 29/06 (2006.01); B64D 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 1/766 (2013.01) [B64D 29/06 (2013.01); B64D 29/08 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01); Y10T 292/0886 (2015.04)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch assembly comprising:
a housing including a first housing portion including a first aperture and a second housing portion including a second aperture, each of the first aperture and the second aperture extending along a latch axis, the second housing portion comprising a lateral wall defining the second aperture, the lateral wall including an exterior surface facing the first housing portion and an interior surface facing away from the first housing portion;
a first latch member disposed within the first housing portion and configured for translation along the latch axis, the first latch member including at least two rotatable arms configured to rotate between an arm retracted position and an arm extended position in which the at least two rotatable arms extend in a first direction away from the latch axis; and
a second latch member disposed within the second housing portion and configured for translation along the latch axis, the second latch member including a second latch member body including a base portion and at least one axially extending portion extending from the base portion in a second direction toward the interior surface of the lateral wall, the at least one axially extending portion radially surrounding a recess located along the latch axis.