Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Convertible access panel latch assembly
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Application No.: US16146074Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US11542723B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Curtis A. Trammell , John L. McElvany
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: E05B1/00
- IPC: E05B1/00 ; E05B65/00 ; F16B21/12 ; F24F13/02 ; F16B5/06 ; F16B5/02 ; F16B21/02

Abstract:
A latch assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) enclosure includes a latch having a securement portion configured to couple to an access panel of the enclosure and having a rotational portion. The rotational portion has an engagement feature configured to engage with a tool face or a tool receptacle and the rotational portion has a first retainer adjacent to the engagement feature. The rotational portion is configured to rotate relative to the securement portion such that a locking portion of the rotational portion transitions between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The latch assembly includes a handle accessory having a handle engagement driver configured to engage with the engagement feature of the rotational portion along a first linking axis and having a second retainer configured to couple with the first retainer of the rotational portion along a second linking axis, transverse to the first linking axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200087948A1 CONVERTIBLE ACCESS PANEL LATCH ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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