Flight deck door assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220933-B2
Application number	US-201615241978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 20, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A flight deck door assembly for an aircraft includes a flight deck bulkhead defining an access opening from a passenger deck area to a flight deck area of the aircraft, a lavatory bulkhead spaced apart from the flight deck bulkhead and defining a lavatory monument, a first lock containment arranged in a first portion of the flight deck bulkhead opposite to a door jamb formed by a second portion of the flight deck bulkhead, a second lock containment arranged in the lavatory bulkhead, and a flight deck door having a door blade hingedly coupled to the door jamb. The flight deck door is configured to latch to the first lock containment in a first closing position and to latch to the second lock containment in a second closing position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flight deck door assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
a flight deck bulkhead defining an access opening from a passenger deck area to a flight deck area of the aircraft;
a lavatory bulkhead spaced apart from the flight deck bulkhead and defining a lavatory monument;
a first lock containment arranged in a first portion of the flight deck bulkhead opposite to a door jamb formed by a second portion of the flight deck bulkhead;
a second lock containment arranged in the lavatory bulkhead; and
a flight deck door having a door blade hingedly coupled to the door jamb,
wherein the flight deck door is configured to latch to the first lock containment in a first closing position and to latch to the second lock containment in a second closing position, and
wherein the flight deck door is configured to be opened into an opening position with the door blade extending into the flight deck area.

2. The flight deck door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lavatory monument comprises sanitary equipment.

3. The flight deck door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lavatory monument further comprises a lavatory door configured to shut a lavatory access opening between the first lock containment and the second lock containment.

4. The flight deck door assembly of claim 1 , wherein a door blade extension is slidably attached to the door blade and configured to extend the width of the door blade in an extended position.

5. The flight deck door assembly of claim 4 , wherein the door blade extension is configured to be extended in the first closing position of the flight deck door.

6. The flight deck door assembly of claim 4 , wherein the door blade extension is configured to be retracted within the door blade when the flight deck door is moved from the first closing position to the second closing position and vice versa.

7. The flight deck door assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a flight deck door control system comprising a first flight deck door control panel accessible from the flight deck area and a second flight deck door control panel accessible from within the lavatory monument.

8. The flight deck door assembly of claim 7 , wherein the flight deck door control system is configured to unlock the flight deck door in its first closing position via the first flight deck door control panel only and to unlock the flight deck door in its second closing position via the second flight deck door control panel only.

9. An aircraft comprising a flight deck door assembly, the flight deck door assembly comprising:
a flight deck bulkhead defining an access opening from a passenger deck area to a flight deck area of the aircraft;
a lavatory bulkhead spaced apart from the flight deck bulkhead and defining a lavatory monument;
a first lock containment arranged in a first portion of the flight deck bulkhead opposite to a door jamb formed by a second portion of the flight deck bulkhead;
a second lock containment arranged in the lavatory bulkhead; and
a flight deck door having a door blade hingedly coupled to the doorjamb,
wherein the flight deck door is configured to latch to the first lock containment in a first closing position and to latch to the second lock containment in a second closing position, and
wherein the flight deck door is configured to be opened into an opening position with the door blade extending into the flight deck area.

10. The flight deck door assembly of claim 1 , wherein, when the flight deck door is in the opening position extending in the flight deck area, the door blade is angled approximately 90° about a hinge of the door jamb.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Koch Maik
• Bredemeier Kai

Classifications

• B64D11/02

  Toilet fittings · CPC title

• B64C1/1469 Primary

  Doors between cockpit and cabin · CPC title