Patent ID: 6923478

Claim:
A lock, for securing a movable part in position relative to a stationary part, the lock comprising two rotary latches arranged at a certain distance apart, two closing pieces engaging the two rotary latches when the latches are in a closed position, and two locking elements for holding the two rotary latches in the closed position, and a shaft integrally formed with the two locking elements for connecting the locking elements, such that the locking elements are rotatable synchronously with the shaft, wherein the shaft has ends that are rotatably mounted in fixed bearings, wherein the shaft comprises alternating sections of inflexible axial sections and flexible axial sections so that the shaft is flexible in the axial direction, in a bent condition the shaft has a length that is smaller than a distance between the fixed bearings, the shaft being mounted in the bent condition when the shaft ends are at first aligned with the fixed bearings, the shaft then being straightened whereby the shaft ends enter the fixed bearings.