MECHANISM MOVABLE SECTION LATCH Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: electrical engineering. SUBSTANCE: latch has pawl coupled with latching shoulder on armature of electromagnet whose yoke is secured on mechanism part relative to which this yoke is latched. Pawl is made on yoke arranged so that armature mounted on movable section is free to travel in parallel to yoke surface at least near point of latching; working surface of at least one of mentioned pawl and shoulder is inclined towards armature initial position. Armature may be mounted on movable section by means of link made in the form of flexible wire length. Armature may be pinned on movable section. It may be elongated to length of additional stroke and has second shoulder for latching movable section in second position. EFFECT: improved design. 4 cl, 4 dwg