# US 7,744,035 B2 · Door for compartment of the baggage-compartment type > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,744,035 B2 - Document ID: US7744035B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/448,073 - Filed: 2006-06-07 - Published: 2006-12-21 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2005-06-10 - Assignees: Airbus SAS - Inventors: Bruno Saint-Jalmes; Andre Rezag; Jason Zaneboni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744035B2 ## CPC - B64D 11/003: {Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage} - B64C 1/1415: {Cargo doors, e.g. incorporating ramps} - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein each guide system is provided with an intermediate member between the guide rail and the slideway, wherein the intermediate member has substantially a same length as the guide rail or the slideway and is disposed at a substantially middle height between a corresponding slideway and a corresponding guide rail when the door is in the second position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The door according to claim 2, wherein the intermediate member is not fixedly connected to either the door or the compartment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, wherein the first mechanism comprises a cylinder. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The door according to claim 4, wherein the first mechanism comprises a hydraulic cylinder. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The door according to claim 4, wherein the first mechanism comprises a pneumatic cylinder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The door according to claim 1, further comprising means for limiting a sliding speed of the door as the guide rail slides on the slideway. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A module, comprising: a baggage compartment having an opening, wherein the door according to claim 1 closes the opening of the baggage compartment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The module according to claim 8, wherein the module is configured to be disposed on a floor of an aircraft cabin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The module according to claim 8, wherein the module is configured to be disposed in an aircraft. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The door according to claim 11, comprising a first mechanism that retracts the door into the second position and a second mechanism that maintains the door in the first position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The door according to claim 12, wherein the first mechanism comprises a hydraulic or a pneumatic cylinder. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The door according to claim 11, further comprising means for limiting a sliding speed of the door as the guide rail slides on the slideway. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A module, comprising: a baggage compartment having an opening, wherein the door according to claim 11 closes the opening of the baggage compartment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The module according to claim 15, wherein the module is configured to be disposed on a floor of an aircraft cabin. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The module according to claim 15, wherein the module is configured to be disposed in an aircraft.