Aircraft cockpit with emergency exit via a central pane
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsYves Durand, Bernard Guering
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aircraft cockpit with a double flight deck in which a central pane of a windscreen can be removed in order to at least partially clear an opening in order to constitute an emergency exit and ensure natural ventilation of the cockpit. Moreover, a central portion of a glare shield and of a flight station instrument panel are optionally moveable in order to facilitate access to the opening in the event of the need for emergency evacuation.
Claims12
An aircraft cockpit with a double flight deck, comprising a windscreen comprising, in a windscreen frame delimiting a central opening, a central pane, having a closed position in which the central pane fills the opening, and from which it can be removed in order to at least partially clear the opening delimited by the windscreen frame, this opening having sufficiently large dimensions to constitute an emergency exit, the central pane of the windscreen being retractable downwards between the closed position and an open position in which the central pane is in a storage location.
A method for opening an emergency exit arranged at the centre of a windscreen in a cockpit, comprising at least one step of controlling the opening of a central pane of the windscreen of the cockpit in which the central pane of the windscreen slides downwards to an open position, at least partially clearing an opening having sufficiently large dimensions to constitute an emergency exit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.