Door lock module for an interior aircraft door and aircraft door lock with drive
AssigneesDiehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH, Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
InventorsBjörn Müller, Florian Zager-Rode, Oliver Schumann
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Abstract
A lock module for a door in an aircraft has a lock with a blocking element and a non-self-locking drive for moving the blocking element. A blocking sensor detects a blocked position and an unblocked position of the blocking element. A control unit receives a blocking signal from the sensor and activates the drive based on the blocking signals of the blocking sensor(s). A module portion of the door leaf has at least the lock, the drive, and the blocking sensor structurally integrated therein. There is also described a door for the space with a lock module where the door leaf of the door contains the module portion, and a space of an aircraft which is closed by the door.
Claims14
A lock module for a door for a space of an aircraft, wherein the door has a door frame and a door leaf which is movable between an open position unblocking the door frame and a closed position closing the door frame, the lock module comprising:
- a lock having a mechanical closing element mounted for movement into a closing position in which the door leaf is held in the closed position and for movement into an opening position in which the door leaf is enabled to be moved out of the closed position;
- said lock having a blocking element mounted for movement into a blocked position in which movement of said closing element out of the closing position is prevented and into an unblocked position in which movement of said closing element out of the closing position is enabled;
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- said lock having a non-self-locking drive which is coupled in terms of movement at least to said blocking element in order to move said blocking element between the blocked position and the unblocked position, and said drive being structurally connected to said closing element and configured to move said closing element out of the closing position into the opening position;
- at least one blocking sensor for detecting the blocked position and the unblocked position of the blocking element and for generating a corresponding blocking signal;
- a control unit connected to said at least one blocking sensor and said drive, said control unit being configured to activate said drive based on the blocking signal of said at least one blocking sensors;
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- at least one module portion being a physical sub-region of the door leaf, said lock, said drive, and said blocking sensor are structurally integrated in said module portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.