Joints and connections – Manually releaseable latch type – Having operating mechanism
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-27
2010-12-28
Kennedy, Joshua T (Department: 3679)
Joints and connections
Manually releaseable latch type
Having operating mechanism
C710S303000, C600S437000, C361S689000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07857541
ABSTRACT:
A connecting/disconnecting mechanism able to connect and disconnect two units easily, as well as a composite apparatus having such a connecting/disconnecting mechanism, can be provided. A hook portion has a hook, the hook having a branch at a longitudinal front end thereof, the branch having a front-end side face inclined downward toward the front end, with resilient force being applied in the direction of the branch, the hook being moved in the front end direction with an external force applied thereto and returning to its original position upon extinction of the external force, the hook being adapted to reciprocate with respect to the front end direction in a state in which the front end portion is displaced in the direction opposite to the branch to a greater extent than the length of the branch, and a hook receptacle portion has an abutting member adapted to be pushed by the front end of the hook and move when the hook moves in the front end direction and a hook receptacle adapted to engage the branch prior to movement of the hook in the front end direction and move together with the abutting member in a disengaged state from the branch when the hook moves in the front end direction.
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Armstrong Teasdale LLP
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
Kennedy Joshua T
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