Sealed latch assembly

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1992-10-30

1994-04-05

Lindsey, Rodney M.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Swinging and camming

292DIG31, E05C 302

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active

052998444

ABSTRACT:
A latch assembly for releasably holding a strike element. The latch assembly has a release lever, a housing with a body defining a receptacle for the release lever and having a wall bounding the receptacle, structure for mounting the release lever to the housing for movement relative to the housing between a) a normal position and b) a release position, a latch mechanism on the housing for cooperating with a strike element and movable selectively relative to the housing between a) a latched position wherein the latch position will hold a strike element and b) an unlatched position wherein a strike element held by the latch mechanism with the latch mechanism in its locked position can be released from the latch mechanism, and structure operatively connecting between the release lever and the latch mechanism for moving the latch mechanism from its latched position into its unlatched position as an incident of the release lever moving from its normal position into its release position. The connecting structure includes a leg extending through an opening in the body. The leg has an associated shoulder. Structure is provided for sealing the opening to avoid the passage of foreign matter through the body opening. The sealing structure has at least a portion that is located between the shoulder on the leg and the body with the release lever in at least one of the normal and release positions.

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