Patent ID: 7775567
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: E05C,G06F,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching apparatus for first and second bodies hingedly connected together, comprising: a first component positioned on the first body and comprising a second component positioned on the second body and being movable between an open state and a close state, the second component movable from the close state to the open state with an actuator, the second component comprising wherein to maintain the second body closed against the first body, the first and second components are magnetically attractable to one another when the second component has the close state, wherein to move the second body at least partially open a separation distance from the first body, the first and second components are magnetically repellable from one another when the second magnetic component is moved from the close state to the open state with the actuator, and wherein the magnetic attraction between the first ferromagnetic element and one of the second permanent magnets on one end of the second line and the magnetic attraction between the second ferromagnetic element and one of the first permanent magnets on one end of the first line automatically move the second component from the open state to the close state when the second body is brought within the separation distance from the first body.