Door for compartment of the baggage-compartment type
AssigneeAirbus SAS
InventorsBruno Saint-Jalmes, Andre Rezag, Jason Zaneboni
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Abstract
This door is intended for a compartment, such as an aircraft baggage compartment. The door can be moved between a first position, in which it closes an opening of the compartment, and a second position, in which the opening is accessible. This door is provided with a guide system on both sides of the opening of the compartment to guide the door in a substantially vertical translational movement.
Claims17
A door for a compartment, the door being movable between a first position in which the door closes an opening of the compartment, and a second position, in which the opening of the compartment is accessible, the door comprising:
- two guide systems, one guide system provided on each lateral side of the opening of the compartment to guide the door in a vertical translational movement along a vertical sliding axis such that the door is maintained in a same vertical plane in the first and second positions, wherein each guide system comprises:
- a substantially vertical guide rail forming a projecting male member and a slideway having a shape complementary to that of the guide rail to receive the guide rail and permit a sliding movement of the guide rail;
- wherein
- the two guide systems extend vertically, but with different orientations relative to one another;
- and
- a first mechanism that applies an upward force on the door when the door is in the first position and a second mechanism that maintains, in a first configuration, the door in the first position while the upward force is applied by the first mechanism, and in a second configuration of the second mechanism the upward force automatically translates the door upwards into the second position,
- wherein the guide systems are oriented perpendicular to one another.
A door for a compartment, the door being movable between a first position in which the door closes an opening of the compartment, and a second position, in which the opening of the compartment is accessible, the door comprising:
- two guide systems provided on each side of the opening of the compartment to guide the door in a substantially vertical translational movement, wherein each guide system comprises:
- a substantially vertical guide rail forming a projecting male member and a slideway having a shape complementary to that of the guide rail so as to receive the guide rail and permit a sliding movement of the guide rail;
- and
- an intermediate member having substantially a same length as the guide rail or the slideway and positioned between the guide rail and the slideway,
- wherein the intermediate member is not fixedly connected to either the door or the compartment,
- wherein the guide systems are oriented perpendicular to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.