Title:
AIRCRAFT HINGE APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS FOR USE OF THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/190417
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A hinge apparatus can include a frame component of an aircraft interior component, a door component coupled to an aircraft door assembly, and a linkage assembly operable to rotatably move the door component between an open configuration, a partially open configuration, and a closed configuration. The linkage assembly can include a first hinge body coupled to the door component, a second hinge body coupled to the frame component, a main link pivotably coupled to the first hinge body and having a main link surface, and a first link pivotably coupled to the second hinge body and pivotably coupled to the main link. The first link may have a first link surface that is sized and shaped to mate with the main link surface when the door component is in the partially open configuration, the mating preventing movement of the door component from the partially open configuration to the open configuration or the closed configuration. Related methods are also provided.
Inventors:
CHADWELL DAVID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/017075
Publication Date:
April 01, 2021
Filing Date:
February 06, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HARPER ENG CO (US)
International Classes:
E05D3/16; E05D11/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ABEDI, Syed et al. (US)
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