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US 9,145,196 · App. 13/625,130 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Aircraft fuselage with door stoppers attached to a door frame bulkhead

Inventor: Carsten Paul (Garstedt, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
B64C1/1407
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Patent No.
US 9,145,196
App. No.
13/625,130
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft fuselage includes at least one opening that can be closed by a flap or door, which comes to abut against at least one door stopper that is arranged on a fuselage-side door frame bulkhead and transfers the impact forces into an intermediate costal for diversion into an aircraft structure that encompasses bulkheads, wherein the door frame bulkhead exhibits an opening, through which an impact section of the door stopper extends, wherein a fastening plate section adjoining the latter comes to abut the rear side of the door frame bulkhead, which interacts with means for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal.

Claims (14)

1. An aircraft fuselage comprising:

at least one opening configured to be closed by a flap or a door,

wherein the flap or the door is configured to abut against at least one door stopper arranged on a fuselage-side door frame bulkhead and to transfer impact forces into an intermediate costal for diversion into an aircraft structure encompassing bulkheads,

wherein the door frame bulkhead comprises an opening, through which an impact section of the door stopper extends,

wherein a fastening plate section adjoining the door stopper abuts a rear side of the door frame bulkhead interacting with means for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal.

2. The aircraft fuselage of claim 1 , wherein the means for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal comprising a connecting sheet extending from the fastening plate section to an adjoining cell of the intermediate costal.

3. The aircraft fuselage of claim 2 , wherein the connecting sheet is secured to the fastening plate section of the door stopper and to the intermediate costal by a plurality of rivets or screws.

4. The aircraft fuselage of claim 2 , wherein the door stopper comprises a titanium material, and the intermediate costal and connecting sheet comprise an aluminum material.

5. The aircraft fuselage of claim 1 , wherein the fastening plate section of the door stopper is comprises an integral constituent of the intermediate costal for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal.

6. The aircraft fuselage of claim 5 , wherein the intermediate costal with door stopper comprises a titanium material.

7. The aircraft fuselage of claim 1 , wherein the means for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal comprises a nonmetallic connecting plate extending from the fastening plate section to an adjoining cell of the intermediate costal.

8. The aircraft fuselage of claim 7 , wherein the door stopper comprises a titanium material, and the intermediate costal and the connecting plate comprise a fiber-reinforced plastic material.

9. The aircraft fuselage according to claim 1 , wherein the impact section of the door stopper comprises a cross-shaped cross section in the connection area to the fastening plate section adjoining the latter.

10. The aircraft fuselage of claim 9 , wherein the opening in the door frame bulkhead envelops the cross-shaped cross section of the door stopper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2012
From: PAUL, CARSTEN
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 029159/0199 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 114 457 · Sep 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61540054 · Sep 28, 2011
Related Publication 20130075528A1 · Mar 28, 2013