Patent ID: 11926433
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A time-delay latch for securing a structure in a specified position, the latch comprising:
a housing;
a fluid chamber contained within the housing for holding fluid within the fluid chamber;
a pin that extends through the fluid chamber and is configured for axial movement within and through the fluid chamber; and
a release frame movably secured within the housing;
wherein the release frame is configured, when the pin is in a latched position, to engage with the pin to prevent the axial movement of the pin and, when the pin is in an unlatched position, to disengage from the pin to allow the axial movement of the pin;
wherein the axial movement of the pin between the latched position and the unlatched position requires a prescribed duration of time to elapse; and
wherein the pin is axially movable from the unlatched position to the latched position faster than the prescribed duration of time.