Aircraft Privacy Door and Door Frame Assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsSami Movsesian, Steven H. Sauer
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Abstract
A privacy door assembly for installation in an aircraft relative to a flight deck door of the aircraft includes a door frame having a first post and a second post, where the second post comprises a latch recess. The privacy door assembly also includes a privacy door rotatably coupleable to the first post via a set of hinges, where the privacy door comprises a decompression latch arranged to engage the latch recess when the privacy door is in a closed position within the door frame, and where the decompression latch is configured to disengage from the latch recess in response to a decompression detected on a forward side of the privacy door.
Claims15
An aircraft comprising:
- a flight deck door, wherein the flight deck door, when in a closed position, separates a flight deck area of the aircraft from a cabin area of the aircraft;
- a privacy door disposed within the cabin area of the aircraft and aft of the flight deck door such that the privacy door, when in a closed position, separates the cabin area into an intermediate cabin area between the privacy door and the flight deck door and a main cabin area aft of the privacy door, wherein the privacy door further comprises a decompression latch;
- a door frame comprising a first post and a second post, wherein the privacy door is rotatably coupled to the first post via a set of hinges such that the privacy door is rotatable into the intermediate cabin area to an open position;
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- a latch recess positioned within the second post, wherein the latch recess is arranged to engage the decompression latch of the privacy door when the privacy door is in the closed position, and wherein the decompression latch is configured to disengage from the latch recess in response to a decompression of the aircraft detected forward of the privacy door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.