Joints and connections – Manually releaseable latch type
Patent
1997-07-31
1999-11-23
Reichard, Lynne A.
Joints and connections
Manually releaseable latch type
114264, 114242, B25G 318
Patent
active
059889322
ABSTRACT:
A marine connector that facilitates docking of large floating objects during a sea state that produces significant relative motion between the two objects. A toggle nose is mounted on one floating object and a mating device, a toggle nose receiver, is mounted on the second floating object. The toggle nose contains a toggle mechanism that extends and retracts two opposed transverse pins having conical ends. The toggle nose receiver is provided with corresponding conical sockets to receive the ends of the pins.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3844245 (1974-10-01), Yamaguchi
patent: 4119051 (1978-10-01), Orndorff, Jr.
patent: 5439310 (1995-08-01), Evenson et al.
Haney James Allan
Mills Trevor R. J.
Wu Chunfa
Bochna David E.
Edwards Robert J.
LaHaye D. Neil
McDermott Technology Inc.
Reichard Lynne A.
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