IP Library Granted Patent US 9,399,883
Granted Patent B2
US 9,399,883 · App. 13/713,146 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Automatically operated door system for an aircraft toilet

Inventors: Sebastian Swoboda (Hamburg, DE); Eric Stuchly (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: DIEHL COMFORT MODULES GMBH
E05D15/26E05D15/264E05F15/605E05Y2201/682E05Y2900/112E05Y2900/502
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Patent No.
US 9,399,883
App. No.
13/713,146
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automatically operated door system for an aircraft toilet is provided. The system has a folding door and a door frame. The folding door is arranged in the door frame to be movable between a closed door position and an open door position. The system also has a drive apparatus for moving the folding door between the closed door position and the open door position, a guiding member connected to the drive apparatus and a displacement element arranged on the folding door. The guiding member engages the displacement element to transfer the driving force of the drive apparatus to the displacement element; accordingly, the folding door is moved from the closed door position into a pre-folded door position.

Claims (25)

1. An automatically operated door system for an aircraft toilet, comprising:

a folding door,

a door frame, wherein the folding door is arranged in the door frame to be movable between a closed door position and an open door position,

a drive apparatus configured to move the folding door between the closed door position and the open door position,

a guiding member coupled to the drive apparatus, and

a displacement element arranged on the folding door, wherein the displacement element is fixedly fastened to the folding door, such that the entire displacement element is not movable with respect to the folding door,

wherein the guiding member is configured to engage the displacement element to transfer the driving force of the drive apparatus to the displacement element, thereby moving the folding door from the closed door position into a pre-folded door position, and

wherein when the folding door is being moved from the closed door position into the pre-folded door position, a temporary contact is implemented between the guiding member and the displacement element, such that through a continuing movement of the guiding member, a force is applied on the displacement element.

2. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 , wherein the displacement element comprises a wedge or a ramp.

3. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding member comprises a roller.

4. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 , wherein the folding door has a bend axis arranged centrally with respect to the folding door.

5. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive control means for actuating the drive apparatus.

6. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 , wherein sensors, which detect at least one of the position and the operating speed of the folding door, are arranged in the door frame.

7. The automatically operated door system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drive apparatus comprises a linear drive, and said linear drive comprises a slider which is guided in a linear direction parallel to an opening direction of the folding door, and

wherein the slider comprises the guiding member.

8. The automatically operated door system according to claim 7 , wherein said linear drive comprises a toothed belt drive.

9. The automatically operated door system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the slider comprises a receiving means and the folding door comprises a pulling pin, and

wherein the pulling pin is arranged in the receiving means for pulling the folding door between the closed door position and the open door position.

10. The automatically operated door system according to claim 9 , wherein the pulling pin is adjustable in the axial direction of the pulling pin into at least one of an automatic holding position for automatic operation of the folding door, a manual holding position for manual operation of the folding door and a removal position for the removal of the folding door.

11. The automatically operated door system according to claim 9 ,

wherein in a first phase, the folding door is moved from the closed door position into the pre-folded door position and the pulling pin is situated in a free run, and

wherein in a second phase, the pulling pin is entrained by the receiving means and the folding door is moved from the pre-folded door position into the open door position.

12. The automatically operated door system according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving means of the slider comprises a slot for the free run of the pulling pin.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: DIEHL COMFORT MODULES GMBH
To: DIEHL AVIATION HAMBURG GMBH
Reel/Frame 046471/0352 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2012
From: SWOBODA, SEBASTIAN; STUCHLY, ERIC
To: DIEHL COMFORT MODULES GMBH
Reel/Frame 029460/0490 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 120 839 · Dec 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130146232A1 · Jun 13, 2013