US 12,331,564 B2
Vehicle glove box latch
David A. Minnich, Lincoln University, PA (US); and Andrew John Keeling, Kennett Square, PA (US)
Assigned to Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/763,797
Filed by Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/052711
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/062149, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,492, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341224 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 83/30 (2013.01) [E05B 81/06 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle glove box latch sub-assembly for a vehicle glove box, said vehicle glove box latch sub-assembly comprising:
a housing that is configured to be connected to the vehicle glove box;
a rotor that is pivotably connected to a rotor mounting portion of the housing, the rotor including a body, a post disposed on the body, and rotation limiters extending from the post; and
at least one pawl rotatably coupled to the rotor and having opposing ends, wherein one end of the opposing ends of the pawl includes an engagement portion that is configured to be engaged with an opening in the vehicle in which the glove box is mounted, and the other end of the opposing ends of the pawl includes a socket that is mounted to the post of the rotor for securing the pawl to the rotor,
wherein the socket includes a rotation limiter that is configured to bear on the rotation limiter of the post upon relative rotation between the post and the socket to either limit or prevent rotation relative rotation between the post and the socket beyond a pre-determined rotational angle.