Aircraft passenger door handle mechanism
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMitchell Loren Ray Mellor
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for a door handle mechanism including a vent panel, a handle lever, and a four bar mechanism. The handle lever has a lift-to-open configuration. The four bar mechanism is coupled to the handle lever and the vent panel. The four bar mechanism is to time sequence operations to close an aircraft passenger door, latch the aircraft passenger door, lock the aircraft passenger door, and close the vent panel in response to the handle lever being toggled between a closed position and an open position.
Claims20
An aircraft passenger door comprising:
- a door main body;
- and
- a door handle mechanism coupled to the door main body, wherein the door handle mechanism comprises:
- a vent panel;
- a handle lever having a lift-to-open configuration;
- and
- a four bar mechanism coupled to the handle lever and the vent panel, the four bar mechanism to time sequence operations to close the aircraft passenger door, latch the aircraft passenger door, lock the aircraft passenger door, and close the vent panel in response to the handle lever being toggled between a closed position and an open position.
A door handle mechanism comprising:
- a vent panel;
- a handle lever having a lift-to-open configuration;
- and
- a four bar mechanism coupled to the handle lever and the vent panel, the four bar mechanism to time sequence operations to close an aircraft passenger door, latch the aircraft passenger door, lock the aircraft passenger door, and close the vent panel in response to the handle lever being toggled between a closed position and an open position.
A method comprising:
- toggling a handle lever between a closed position and an open position, wherein the handle lever has a lift-to-open configuration;
- and
- timing sequencing of operations to close an aircraft passenger door, latch the aircraft passenger door, lock the aircraft passenger door, and close a vent panel in response to the handle lever being toggled between the closed position and the open position, and wherein the timing of the sequencing of operations is performed via a four bar mechanism coupled to the handle lever and the vent panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.