Door system for an aircraft and aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11396358-B2
Application number	US-202117175122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 13, 2020
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

A door system for an aircraft includes a door frame defining a door opening with a first perimeter strut and a second perimeter strut spaced apart from the first perimeter strut, at least one first frame stopper attached to the first perimeter strut and at least one second frame stopper attached to the second perimeter strut. The frame stoppers each comprise a first contact portion projecting into the door opening and having a first toothing. The first toothings are each formed on an inner surface of the first abutment portion. Further, the door system comprises a door mounted movably relative to the door frame and disposed in the door opening in a closed state, and a number of door stoppers corresponding to the number of frame stoppers disposed on opposite sides of the door and connected to the door, each door stopper having a second abutment portion. The second abutment portion comprises a second toothing formed complementary to the first toothing. The first toothing of a respective frame stopper and the second toothing of a respective door stopper engage in each other in the closed state of the door.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door system for an aircraft, comprising:
a door frame defining a door opening and having a first perimeter strut extending in a perimeter direction and a second perimeter strut extending in the perimeter direction and arranged spaced apart from the first perimeter strut with respect to a longitudinal direction extending transversely to the perimeter direction;
at least one first frame stopper fixed to the first perimeter strut and at least one second frame stopper fixed to the second perimeter strut, the frame stoppers each comprising a first abutment portion projecting into the door opening and having a first toothing, the first toothing each formed on an inner surface of the first abutment section, the inner surface extending perpendicularly to a radial direction running transversely to the longitudinal direction and transversely to the perimeter direction;
a door mounted moveably relative to the door frame and arranged in in the door opening when in a closed state; and
a number of door stoppers corresponding to the number of frame stoppers, arranged on opposite sides of the door and connected to the door, each door stopper having a second abutment section, wherein the second abutment section comprises a second toothing formed to be complementary to the first toothing, and wherein the first toothing of a respective frame stopper and the second toothing of a respective door stopper engage in one another in the closed state of the door.

2. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second frame stoppers are arranged at the same level with respect to the perimeter direction.

3. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein two respective upper first frame stoppers are disposed in an upper portion of the first perimeter strut with respect to the perimeter direction, and wherein two respective upper second frame stoppers are disposed in an upper portion of the second perimeter strut with respect to the perimeter direction.

4. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein two respective lower first frame stoppers are arranged in a lower region, with respect to the perimeter direction, of the first perimeter strut, and wherein two respective lower second frame stoppers are arranged in a lower region, with respect to the perimeter direction, of the second perimeter strut.

5. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the door frame comprises a longitudinal strut extending between the first and the second perimeter strut in the longitudinal direction, and a stiffening girder extending at least partially in an arcuate manner between a first junction, at which the longitudinal strut is connected to the first perimeter strut, and a second junction, at which the longitudinal strut is connected to the second perimeter strut.

6. The door system according to claim 5 , wherein said stiffening girder extends beyond each of said first and second joints and is connected to said first and second perimeter struts by means of longitudinal connectors.

7. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the door comprises an inner stiffening structure comprising at least one inner longitudinal strut extending between the door stoppers arranged on opposite sides of the door.

8. The door system according to claim 7 , wherein two first door stoppers each are arranged on a first vertical side of the door, wherein each two second door stoppers are arranged on a second vertical side of the door, wherein the internal stiffening structure comprises a first inner longitudinal strut extending between two opposing first and second door stoppers and a second inner longitudinal strut extending between the two further opposing first and second door stoppers, and wherein the inner stiffening structure comprises a first diagonal stiffening strut extending diagonally between a first end portion, located at the first door stopper of the first internal stiffening strut, and the second inner stiffening strut and comprising a second diagonal stiffening strut extending diagonally between a second end portion of the first longitudinal inner strut, located at the second door stopper, and the second longitudinal inner strut.

9. The door system of claim 8 , wherein the first and second diagonal stiffening struts are each running in an arcuate manner.

10. The door system of claim 8 , wherein the first and second diagonal stiffening struts each extend beyond the second longitudinal inner strut and terminate at a central door perimeter strut.

11. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the first abutment sections of the frame stoppers have a first engagement structure having a greater depth of engagement (t 35 ) than the respective first toothing ( 34 ), and wherein the second abutment sections of the door stoppers have a second engagement structure, which is formed complementarily to the first engagement structure and which has a greater depth of engagement than the respective first toothing.

12. The door system according to claim 11 , wherein the first engagement structure is formed as a conical recess and the second engagement structure is formed as a conical protrusion, or wherein the first engagement structure is formed as a conical protrusion and the second engagement structure is formed as a conical recess.

13. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the first toothing and/or the second toothing comprises a plurality of separate, tetrahedral protrusions.

14. An aircraft, comprising:
a fuselage extending along a longitudinal fuselage axis and defining an interior space; and
a door system according to claim 1 ;
wherein the door frame of the door system is connected to the fuselage such that the longitudinal direction extends along and the radial direction is perpendicular to the fuselage longitudinal axis.

15. The aircraft of claim 14 , wherein the door system provides access to a passenger area located in the interior of the fuselage.

Assignees

• Premium Aerotec Gmbh

Inventors

• Haack Cord
• Paul Carsten
• Höger Bernhard

Classifications

• B64C1/1461 Primary

  Structures of doors or surrounding frames · CPC title

• B64C1/143 Primary

  of the plug type · CPC title

• B64C1/1423

  Passenger doors · CPC title