Patent · US Expired

Decompression panel for aircraft partition

US4899960A · kind A · utility

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9References

5Claims

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Assignee

MBB GmbH · DE

Inventors

Mohamad Hararat-Tehrani · Bremen, DE
Frank Schwarz · Stamford, US
Michael Taddiken · Bassum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 1988
Grant date	Feb 13, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/23
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Decompression in a partition separating passenger from cargo compartments in aircraft, there being a particular opening in the partition, receiving a decompression blowout/in panel; a frame circumscribes the decompression panel and has an outer contour inserted into the panel opening, one side of the frame is provided with a flange, being sealed as against the decompression panel as well as against the partitions adjacent the opening, the other side of the frame is provided with a plurality of T-shaped holding springs engaging the partition as well as the decompression panel; each of the springs is provided with predetermined fracture points.

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