Door unit for a vehicle
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorAlexander Martin
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Abstract
A door unit for an aircraft includes a door which is configured, in a closed position, to cover an opening in the vehicle and to delimit a vehicle interior from a vehicle environment; a pressure compensation flap which is configured, in a sealing position, to cover a pressure compensation opening in the door and, in a pressure compensation position, to at least partially release the pressure compensation opening; a locking element which is configured, in a locking state, to lock the door in the closed position and, in an unlocking state, to unlock the door; and a blocking element which is configured, in the sealing position of the pressure compensation flap, to block a movement of the locking element from the locking state into the unlocking state, wherein the blocking element is arranged on the pressure compensation flap.
Claims20
A door unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- a door configured, in a closed position, to cover an opening in the vehicle and to delimit a vehicle interior from a vehicle environment;
- a pressure compensation flap configured, in a sealing position, to cover a pressure compensation opening in the door and, in a pressure compensation position, to at least partially release the pressure compensation opening;
- a locking element configured, in a locking state, to lock the door in the closed position and, in an unlocking state, to unlock the door;
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- a blocking element which directly contacts the pressure compensation flap, and which is configured, in the sealing position of the pressure compensation flap, to block a movement of the locking element from the locking state into the unlocking state, such that the blocking element protrudes from the pressure compensation flap in a direction of the vehicle interior with respect to the pressure compensation flap,
- wherein the blocking element is arranged on the pressure compensation flap, and
- wherein the pressure compensation flap is displaced by means of a translational movement of the pressure compensation flap in a direction of the vehicle interior from the sealing position into the pressure compensation position which clears the pressure compensation opening.
A door system, comprising:
- a door unit, comprising:
- a door configured, in a closed position, to cover an opening in the vehicle and to delimit a vehicle interior from a vehicle environment;
- a pressure compensation flap configured, in a sealing position, to cover a pressure compensation opening in the door and, in a pressure compensation position, to at least partially release the pressure compensation opening;
- a locking element configured, in a locking state, to lock the door in the closed position and, in an unlocking state, to unlock the door;
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- a blocking element which directly contacts the pressure compensation flap, and which is configured, in the sealing position of the pressure compensation flap, to block a movement of the locking element from the locking state into the unlocking state, such that the blocking element protrudes from the pressure compensation flap in a direction of the vehicle interior with respect to the pressure compensation flap,
- wherein the blocking element is arranged on the pressure compensation flap;
- a door frame having a door lintel and a door threshold;
- and
- a locking counter-piece arranged on the door lintel and configured, in the closed position of the door, in the locking state of the locking element, to cooperate with the locking element to lock the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.