Multi-axial door catch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11674343-B2
Application number	US-202117352188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2021
Priority date	Jun 18, 2021
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A multi-axial catch comprises a mount and a catch body coupled to the mount. The mount affixes the catch to a frame and the catch body has a recess to position a latch head of a latch within the recess to engage the latch with the catch. The catch can include a cam to form the recess. The catch rotates around a rotation axis in response to a longitudinal motion of the latch. The catch body is coupled to the mount to allow the catch body to rotate around a pivot axis in response to a transverse motion of the latch. The catch includes an elastic coupler to position the catch in a rotational at-rest position and an elastic coupler to position the catch-body in a transverse at-rest position. The recess allows the latch head to move laterally, in response to a lateral motion of the latch, within the catch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-axial catch, the catch comprising:
a mount configured to affix the catch to a frame; and,
a catch body coupled to the mount,
wherein the catch body comprises a recess configured to position a latch head of a latch within the recess to engage the latch with the catch;
wherein the mount is configured to allow the catch to rotate, in response to a longitudinal motion of the latch, around a rotation axis;
wherein a position of the catch comprises a rotational at-rest position of the catch and the catch further comprises a first elastic coupler configured to position the catch in the rotational at-rest position;
wherein the catch body coupled to the mount comprises the catch body coupled to the mount by means of a pivot pin to allow the catch body to rotate, in response to a transverse motion of the latch, around a pivot axis;
wherein the pivot axis corresponds to a longitudinal axis of the pivot pin;
wherein a position of the catch body comprises a transverse at-rest position of the catch body around the pivot axis and the catch further comprises a second elastic coupler configured to position the catch body in the transverse at-rest position; and
wherein the second elastic coupler is further configured to couple the catch body to at least one of the mount and the pivot pin to position the catch body in the transverse at-rest position.

2. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 ,
wherein the latch is coupled to a door; and,
wherein the latch engaged with the catch operates to secure close the door in a closed position of the door.

3. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the catch body further comprises a cam that forms the recess; and,
wherein the cam forms the recess to have a geometry of the recess that permits the latch head to move laterally, within the recess, in response to a lateral motion of the latch.

4. The multi-axial catch of claim 3 , wherein the mount comprises a mount pin to affix the catch to the frame;
wherein the rotation axis comprises a transverse axis of the mount pin; and,
wherein the first elastic coupler is further configured to couple the mount to at least one of the frame and the mount pin to position the multi-axial catch in the rotational at-rest position.

5. The multi-axial catch of claim 4 , wherein the mount comprises a link plate; and,
wherein the catch body coupled to the mount by the means of the pivot pin comprises the catch body coupled to the mount by the means of the pivot pin coupling the catch body to the link plate.

6. The multi-axial catch of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first and the second elastic coupler is selected from a group comprising: a spring, an elastic plate, and an elastic band.

7. The multi-axial catch of claim 2 , wherein the frame is selected from a group consisting of: a frame of a cabinet, a frame of a desk, a frame of a doorway, and a frame of a rack of a computing system; and,
wherein the door is selected from a group consisting of: a door of the cabinet, a front panel of a drawer of the desk, a door of the doorway, and a drawer of the rack.

8. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the first elastic coupler is further configured to couple the mount to the mount pin to position the multi-axial catch in the rotational at-rest position.

9. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises a link plate; and,
wherein the catch body coupled to the mount by the pivot pin comprises the catch body coupled to the mount by the pivot pin coupling the catch body to the link plate.

10. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the second elastic coupler is further configured to couple the catch body to the mount to position the catch body in the transverse at-rest position.

11. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the second elastic coupler is further configured to couple the catch body to the pivot pin to position the catch body in the transverse at-rest position.

12. The multi-axial catch of claim 1 , wherein the second elastic coupler is selected from a group comprising: a spring, an elastic plate, and an elastic band.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Notohardjono Budy
• Ecker Richard M
• Khambati Suraush
• Canfield Shawn

Classifications

• E05B2063/0095

  Locking devices actuated or controlled by seismic activity, e.g. earthquakes · CPC title

• E05C3/047

  rotating about an axis parallel to the surface on which the fastener is mounted · CPC title

• E05B63/24

  Arrangements in which the fastening members which engage one another are mounted respectively on the wing and the frame and are both movable, e.g. for release by moving either of them ({operating or controlling locks using electric or magnetic means in the striker or on the frame E05B47/0046, adaptation of locks locking the bolt by an electromagnet in the striker E05B47/0696, locks with means carried by the bolt for interlocking with the keeper and having additional bolt in the striker E05B63/128;} hasp locks E05B65/48) · CPC title

• E05C5/04 Primary

  performing both movements simultaneously, e.g. screwing into a keeper · CPC title

• E05C3/042 Primary

  the handle being at one side, the bolt at the other side or inside the wing · CPC title