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Integrated maintenance step on helicopter fuselage

US8469312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Görlich · Donauwörth, DE
Gabriela Mihalascu · Burgheim, DE
Klaus Koppel · Asbach-Bäumenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2011
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49956
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Maintenance steps on helicopters (10) comprising a casing (1), integrated into a lateral shell of a fuselage of a helicopter (11) for access from outside and a step (2) being pivotably mounted in the casing (1). The invention relates as well to methods for mounting and dismounting of such maintenance steps.

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