Aircraft door assembly with decompression panels
OwnerMorteza Yadollahiinventor
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Abstract
An aircraft door includes a body defining a first body aperture therein and a primary panel pivotably attached to the body and configured to pivot between first and second positions, wherein when the primary panel is in the first position, the primary panel partially encloses the first body aperture, and wherein the primary panel has a first panel aperture defined therein. The aircraft door also includes a secondary panel pivotably attached to the primary panel and configured to pivot between first and second positions, wherein when the secondary panel is in the first position, the secondary panel encloses the first panel aperture.
Claims19
An aircraft door, comprising:
- a body defining a first body aperture therein;
- a primary panel pivotably attached to the body and configured to pivot between first and second positions, wherein when the primary panel is in the first position, the primary panel partially encloses the first body aperture, and wherein the primary panel has a first panel aperture defined therein;
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- a secondary panel pivotably attached to the primary panel and configured to pivot between first and second positions, wherein when the secondary panel is in the first position, the secondary panel encloses the first panel aperture.
A cockpit door for an aircraft, the cockpit door comprising:
- a body having first and second surfaces facing opposite first and second directions, respectively, wherein a body aperture is defined within the body;
- a primary panel having a panel aperture defined therein and being pivotably attached to the body between first and second positions, wherein the primary panel has opposite first and second surfaces, wherein when the primary panel is in the first position, the second surface thereof is disposed adjacent the first surface of the body;
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- a secondary panel pivotably attached to the body, independently of the primary panel, between first and second positions, wherein the secondary panel has opposite first and second surfaces, and wherein when the secondary panel is in the first position, the first surface of the secondary panel is disposed adjacent the first surface of the primary panel and the secondary panel fully conceals the panel aperture,
- wherein when the primary and secondary panels are in their respective first positions, the primary panel and the secondary panel collectively fully enclose the body aperture, and wherein when the primary and secondary panels pivot to their respective second positions, from their respective first positions, the primary and secondary panels pivot in the first and second directions, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.