Reinforced door
View Patent ↗A reinforced door for an aircraft includes a frame and a network of harnesses. The frame includes components. The network of harnesses links a majority of the components and reinforces the frame. The harnesses are laid out onto the frame and linked to one another to form a webbing.
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.
2. The reinforced door according to claim 1 , wherein the harnesses include strips glued onto the components.
3. The reinforced door according to claim 1 , wherein the harnesses include high resistance composite fibers.
4. The reinforced door according to claim 3 , wherein the harnesses include carbon fiber.
5. The reinforced door according to claim 1 , wherein
the frame includes at least three vertical posts each extending from a top edge of the door to a bottom edge of the door, and
the at least three vertical posts are linked by linkage pieces laid out horizontally.
6. The reinforced door according to claim 5 , wherein the harnesses are laid out over a majority of a length of the vertical posts and over an entire length of the horizontal linkage pieces.
7. The reinforced door according to claim 1 , wherein the panels are configured to release away from the frame during a decompression such that none of the panels are in contact with the frame.
8. The reinforced door according to claim 1 , further comprising:
latches configured to hold the panels to the frame and to release the panels during a decompression in part of the aircraft.
9. The reinforced door according to claim 8 , further comprising:
linking members, connected to the panels, configured to link the panels to the frame before and after the panels are released from the frame.
10. An aircraft comprising:
a cockpit area in a front portion of the aircraft;
a cabin area in a rear portion of the aircraft; and
the reinforced door according to claim 1 dividing the cockpit area and the cabin area.
11. An aircraft comprising:
a cockpit area in a front portion of the aircraft;
a cabin area in a rear portion of the aircraft;
an aisle area between the cockpit area and the cabin area;
a first door dividing the cockpit area and the aisle area; and
the reinforced door according to claim 1 dividing the aisle area and the cabin area.