Patent ID: 8381556
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock assembly for locking onto a coupling plug which has a shaft extending in an axial direction, the shall having a recess formed in a surface of the shaft, the recess extending substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft, the lock assembly including; a housing defining a space within which the shaft is locatable, the housing houses at least one detent which is movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction between an active position and an inactive position, the at least one detent is located in the recess in the shaft when in the active position an actuator which is movable in the axial direction relative to the housing between a latch position and a release position, whereby said at least one detent is restrained from moving from the active position when the actuator is in the latch position, locking means housed by the housing that retains the actuator in the latched position when the locking means is in a locked condition, said locking means further comprising a cam that is rotatable about a cam axis when adjusting the condition of the locking means relative to the locked condition, and the cam axis extends in the axial direction.