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Aircraft door and aircraft fitted with such a door

US6457677B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 2001
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64D25/14
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The door (10) of an aircraft incorporates a housing (14) able to receive a slide, in a folded up state. The housing (14) is delimited between a cover (16) facing outwards from the door (10) and intermediate bulkhead (18). The cover (16) is jettisonable outside the aircraft or able to swivel by its lower edge on a threshold of the door, by the use of setting de-setting means. In one embodiment, the housing occupies the greater part of the door surface.

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