Patent ID: 8938916
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: E05B,H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a door interlock assembly, comprising: biasing, via gravity, a body of an interlock apparatus downward to a lowest position; closing a hinged door towards an enclosure structure; contacting a locking member to the body of the interlock apparatus, the body of the interlock apparatus having one or more angled self-locating elements and the body of the interlock apparatus being moveable along a vertical direction; sliding the locking member along one of the angled self-locating elements positioned on an interior surface that defines a portion of a cavity of the interlock apparatus body away from an initial point of contact of the body; moving the body substantially in the vertical direction to accommodate any initial misalignment between the locking member and the interlock apparatus when the locking member contacts the body; and engaging the locking member with a portion of the interlock apparatus to allow electric power to be supplied within the enclosure structure.