Multi-position secure door system

US7984875B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Michael S. Koehn · Bellevue, US
• Mark G. Feuerstein · Mercer Island, US
• Andrew Sones · Chicago, US
• James T. Johnson · Norman, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A door system for an aircraft has a flight deck door hingely coupled to a flight deck bulkhead. A lavatory is adjacent to the flight deck bulkhead and formed of a lavatory bulkhead. A lavatory door is coupled to the lavatory bulkhead. A latching mechanism is attached to the flight deck door. The latching mechanism in a first position engages the flight deck bulkhead and in a second position engages the lavatory bulkhead.