A sliding door unit has a mounting frame and an active door panel mounted in and capable of sliding relative to the mounting frame. The active door panel has a face including a panel portion and a glazing portion. The glazing portion comprises less than 65% of a surface area of the face.

Disclosed is a striker for a window or door with a locking system with a striker and locking cam to lock it, which striker is intended to be able to make contact with a contact zone by way of the locking cam. The striker is composed of a foot and a head, whereby the foot in a mounted condition of the striker fits in several different positions between the flanks of the fitting groove, whereby the different positions differ from each other by a rotation of the striker around a geometric axis through a centre point of the foot, and whereby the head possesses at least two different the contact zones the distance of which is different to the geometric axis through the centre point of the foot and/or the thickness is different.

Latches assemblies and systems are disclosed. One latch includes a latch and a receiver. The latch has a housing and a pin extending from the housing. The pin is mounted for longitudinal movement along a pin axis. The latch further includes a motor coupled to move the pin longitudinally. The receiver defines an aperture extending along a receiver axis and positioned to receive the pin of the latch. The receiver has a retainer biased toward the receiver axis. The latch assembly has an open position in which the pin is extended distally along the pin axis and received in the aperture, and a latched position in which the pin is retracted proximally along the pin axis while the retainer is engaged with the pin. One latch system includes a plurality of latch assemblies configured to move to the latched position after all latch assemblies are in the open position.

A nacelle may include fan cowl panels which may be opened to provide access to the fan case. A latching mechanism may latch a left fan cowl panel to a right fan cowl panel. As a handle is closed to unlatch the latching mechanism, an alignment feature may align the handle within the latching mechanism.

An adjustable-latch system including an adjustable-receiver assembly and an adjustable-striker-bar assembly. The adjustable-receiver assembly includes a receiver sleeve having a pair of oppositely-disposed channels formed therein and a receiver slidably disposed within the pair of oppositely-disposed channels. A first plurality of fastening members mount the receiver sleeve. The adjustable-receiver assembly further includes a receiver-sleeve cap slidably disposed within the receiver sleeve. The adjustable-striker-bar assembly includes a mounting plate having a striker bar extending laterally therefrom, a second plurality of fastening members for mounting the mounting plate, and a striker-bar cap slidably coupled with the mounting plate. A position of the adjustable-receiver assembly may be adjusted relative to the adjustable-striker-bar assembly without removal of the first plurality of fastening members. A position of the adjustable-striker-bar assembly may be adjusted relative to the adjustable-receiver assembly without removal of the second plurality of fastening members.

A tailgate assembly, includes a frame subassembly having a cargo bed access opening between a driver side section and a passenger side section, and a door subassembly that is pivotably coupled to the frame subassembly. The door subassembly is pivotable relative to the frame subassembly back-and-forth between a door open position and a door closed position. The door subassembly closes the cargo bed access opening when the door subassembly is in the door closed position. A latching system has a latch that engages a striker to hold the door subassembly in the door closed position. The tailgate assembly further includes an alignment system separate from the latching system. The alignment system includes an alignment post that is received within an alignment slot as the door subassembly is pivoted to the door closed position. The alignment post is configured to be received within the alignment slot to align the door subassembly relative to the frame subassembly prior to the latch contacting the striker.

A door lock includes a lock latch, a first locking mechanism, and a second locking mechanism. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism can be relatively screwed and tightened and assembled with the lock latch. The second locking mechanism includes an elastic buckle component and a ratchet portion, which can only be screwed and assembled in clockwise direction with the first locking mechanism due to the one-way engaging between the elastic buckle component and the ratchet portion. That is to say, through the design of the elastic buckle component and the ratchet portion of the second locking mechanism to engage with each other, the second locking mechanism can be prevented from being unscrewed relative to the first locking mechanism. This prevents the door lock from loosening due to children playing with it. In other words, the door lock of the present invention has the effect of preventing loosening.

A system and a method include one or more first spring assemblies and one or more second spring assemblies. Each first spring assembly includes a first spring housing including a first pocket, a first spring disposed within the first pocket, and a first pin disposed within the first pocket and extending from the first pocket. The first pins engage a surface of a body of a latch receiver to control a position of the body of the latch receiver. Each second spring assembly includes a second spring housing including a second pocket, a second spring disposed within the second pocket, and a second pin disposed within the second pocket and extending from the second pocket. The second pins engage a surface of a body of a latch pin to control a position of the body of the latch pin.

A fenestration operation hardware assembly includes latch mechanisms configured for coupling to respective top and bottom sashes, and a paddle member configured for coupling the latch mechanisms. The latch mechanisms include movable latch bolts, and at least one of the latch mechanisms includes an operator interface feature movable between at least initial and operating positions. In an initial position, the latch bolts are in respective projected positions, and the top and bottom panels are immobilized. In a first withdrawn position, at least one of the top and bottom panels is movable, and in a second withdrawn position, at least one of the top and bottom panels is tiltable. In an example, a top latch bolt is moved by the paddle member according to movement of the bottom latch bolt.

A retention arrangement for releasably securing a closure against a fixed body is provided. The retention arrangement includes a housing defining a mouth configured to receive a striker and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one retention element configured to selectively retain the striker within the mouth, and movable between an open position and a closed position. The retention element is resiliently biased towards the closed position. The retention element is configured to open upon displacement due to the striker along the longitudinal axis in a first direction, and to close upon complete insertion of the striker within the mouth. The retention element is configured for rotation about at least two non-parallel axes so as to direct the striker towards the mouth.