Patent ID: 7040674

Claim:
A powered latch assembly for locking a door having a lock engaging slot to a main housing, comprising: a supporting frame adapted for mounting on said main housing, wherein said supporting frame has a locking slot and defines first and second slider ends thereof; a motor assembly comprising a power motor supported by said supporting base and adapted for being powered by said main housing, and a driving arm driven by said power motor in a linear movable manner; and a locking latch, defining a first guiding edge and a second guiding edge, having an inner coupling end coupling with said driving arm and an opposed latching end extended outwardly through said locking slot, wherein said driving arm linearly drives said locking latch moving between a locking position and an unlocked position; wherein at said locking position, said first guiding edge of said locking latch is guided to slide on said first slider end of said locking slot to linearly and then pivotally move said locking latch to engage with said lock engaging slot of said door for locking up said door with said main housing, and at said unlocked position, said second guiding edge of said locking latch is guided to slide on said second slider end of said locking slot to linearly and then pivotally move said locking latch to disengage with said lock engaging slot of said door for unlocking said door with said main housing; wherein said supporting frame further has a guiding slot longitudinally formed thereon, wherein said driving arm is slidably mounted on said guiding slot in said linearly movable manner so as to drive said locking latch to moving between said locking position and said unlocked position.