US 12,480,342 B2
Aircraft latch assembly with lock
Shashidhar Shivarudrappa, Bangalore (IN); and Sangareddy Challamreddy, Bidar (IN)
Assigned to Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,656.
Claims priority of application No. 202211064346 (IN), filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159087 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. E05C 3/08 (2006.01); B64D 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 3/08 (2013.01) [B64D 29/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
a keeper;
a latch including a handle and a hook structure operatively coupled to the handle, the handle configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the hook structure engaged with the keeper when the handle is in the closed position, and the hook structure disengaged from the keeper when the handle is in the open position;
a handle release device comprising a push button, the handle release device configured to lock the handle in the closed position when the push button is in a first position, the handle release device configured to unlock the handle from the closed position when the push button is in a second position, and the push button forming a catch; and
a lock including the catch, a lever and a spring, the lever configured to rotate about an axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, the lever aligned with the catch locking the handle in the closed position when the lever is in the locked position, the lever misaligned from the catch unlocking the handle from the closed position when the lever is in the unlocked position, and the spring biasing the lever axially along the axis in a direction towards the handle.