Device for closing a passage between two seat units
AssigneeSafran Seats
InventorsMathieu Thomas, Lorene Perrin, Julien Layet
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Abstract
A closure device for a passage located in a cabin of an aircraft including a door panel and a first carriage having first guide means (slide device) for translationally guiding the first carriage and second guide means (guiding groove) for translationally guiding the door panel. A first locking system is able to assume a locked state, in which the first locking system provides a mechanical connection between the door panel and the first carriage and is able to transition to an unlocked state, in which the door panel is disengaged from the carriage.
Claims18
A closing device for a passage in an aircraft cabin, comprising:
- a door panel, and
- a first carriage comprising first guiding means for translating said first carriage with respective to a fixed element in a sliding direction, characterized in that said first carriage comprises second guiding means for translating the door panel with respect with said first carriage in said sliding direction, and
- a first locking system being able to come into a locked state in which the first locking system provides a mechanical connection between the door panel and the first carriage, so that the door panel is translatable together with the first carriage via said first guiding means,
- said first locking system being able to come into an unlocked state, in which the door panel is disengaged from the first carriage, so that the door panel alone is translatable via said second guiding means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.