Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-aligning modular latch
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Application No.: US17902470Application Date: 2022-09-02
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Publication No.: US11821239B2Publication Date: 2023-11-21
- Inventor: Frank Dean Weber , Christoph Potakowskyj , Johannes Pollhammer
- Applicant: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: E05B65/46
- IPC: E05B65/46 ; E05C19/00 ; E05B15/02 ; E05C3/24 ; E05B47/00 ; E05B83/32 ; E05B83/30 ; E05B65/00 ; E05B65/08 ; E05B85/02 ; G07F17/00

Abstract:
A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220412127A1 SELF-ALIGNING MODULAR LATCH Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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