Patent ID: 9115510
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sealed lever latch, comprising: a handle with a pivot end having two opposite faces and non-round bore passing through the pivot end through the two opposite faces, and a paddle portion opposite the pivot end; a housing having a well with a narrowed end with spaced apart sidewalls, the sidewalls having inner surfaces and outer surfaces, the narrowed end being sized to rotatably receive the pivot end of the handle, the narrowed end having a through hole formed through the spaced apart sidewalls and aligned to receive the non-round bore in the pivot end of the handle; a lock pivot that is pivotally mounted to the handle and which is adapted to selectively retain the handle in a first position where the paddle portion of the handle is retained close to the housing, which first position corresponds to a locked position of the handle and the sealed lever latch, and a second position where the paddle portion of the handle swings away from the housing, which second position corresponds to an unlocked position of the handle and the sealed lever latch; a lever carriage having two spaced apart arms which arms straddle the outside of the spaced apart sidewalls of the narrowed end of the housing, each arm having a first engagement formed therein; a fastener lever extending from the lever carriage below the housing; a drive pin unit with a first keeper, a drive pin with a non-round profile extending from the first keeper, and a second keeper adapted to be engaged with a free end of the drive pin, wherein the first and second keepers non-rotatably engage with the first engagements of the lever carriage arms and the drive pin non-rotatably passes through the non-round bore in the pivot end of the handle; and seals placed on the drive pin unit between the first and second keeper, which seals rides adjacent to the through holes in the sidewalls of the housing to prevent passage of liquid or debris through the through holes.