| US 7,600,716 B2 | ||
| Reinforced door | ||
| Clive French, Nottingham (United Kingdom); and Smail Maksen, Grenade (France) | ||
| Assigned to Airbus, Blagnac (France); and Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/189,882. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/606529, filed on Sep. 02, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 04 08580 (FR), filed on Aug. 03, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0065782 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B64C 1/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 244—129.5 [296/146.1; 49/61; 49/504; 160/130] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A reinforced door for an aircraft, comprising:
a frame comprised of a plurality of components, the frame including a plurality of openings extending completely through the
frame;
a plurality of panels configured to be positioned within the openings of the frame, and, when the panels are in an installed
position, at least a first edge and a second edge, which is opposite to the first edge, of each of the plurality of panels
contact the components of the frame such that the frame and the plurality of panels form a solid structure without any of
the openings extending completely through the structure, and the panels are configured to be released to an uninstalled position
such that, when the panels are in the uninstalled position, each of the plurality of panels is not positioned within the openings
of the frame such that the openings extend completely through the structure; and
a plurality of harnesses, linking a majority of the components, and the plurality of harnesses are positioned on the components
to reinforce the frame without contacting the plurality of panels in the installed position,
wherein each of the plurality of harnesses is directly attached to at least one other harness of the plurality of harnesses,
and
wherein each of the plurality of harnesses is completely overlapped by the components of the frame in a transverse direction
of the reinforced door such that the plurality of harnesses do not extend outside of the components in the transverse direction.
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