US 11,814,881 B2
Vehicle glove box latch
David A. Minnich, Lincoln University, PA (US); Andrew S. Matejka, Philadelphia, PA (US); David Gray Judah, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Jeffrey L. Antonucci, West Chester, PA (US)
Assigned to Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/045,006
Filed by Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/025404
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/195303, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,401, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/651,998, filed on Apr. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0140204 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05B 5/00 (2006.01); E05B 13/10 (2006.01); E05C 9/00 (2006.01); E05C 9/04 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 83/30 (2013.01) [E05B 5/00 (2013.01); E05B 13/10 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); E05C 9/006 (2013.01); E05C 9/043 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle glove box latch for a vehicle glove box, the vehicle glove box latch comprising:
a housing that is configured to be connected to a vehicle glove box;
a user operated paddle that is pivotably connected to a paddle mounting portion of the housing, the paddle configured for movement between a home position and a deployed position;
a rotor that is pivotably connected to a rotor mounting portion of the housing;
at least one pawl coupled to the rotor and having an end that is configured to be engaged with an opening in the vehicle to which the vehicle glove box is mounted; and
a lock barrel movably mounted to the housing for locking and unlocking the vehicle glove box latch, wherein, in a locked state of the lock barrel, the at least one pawl cannot be disengaged from the opening in the vehicle, and in an unlocked state of the lock barrel, the at least one pawl can be disengaged from the opening in the vehicle using the paddle for opening the vehicle glove box;
wherein the lock barrel, the rotor, and the rotor mounting portion of the housing are concentrically aligned along an axis.