A jettisonable door system for an aircraft, with an upper hinge having a forward portion hingedly coupled to an airframe and an aft portion releasably secured to an upper outboard plate with an upper pin, a lower hinge having a forward portion hingedly coupled to the airframe and an aft portion releasably secured to a lower outboard plate with a lower pin, a handle operably associated with one of the pins, and a wire operably associated with the handle and the other of the pins, such that the rotation of the handle causes both pins to rotate. A rotation of the upper pin releases the upper hinge from the upper outboard plate and a rotation of the lower pin releases the lower hinge from the lower outboard plate.
LOW PROFILE JETTISONABLE DOOR SYSTEM
SYSTEME DE PORTE LARGABLE SURBAISSEE
2016-03-22
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / E06B Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore , FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES |
Prestressed, Jettisonable Structure for Advanced Upper Stages
SAE Technical Papers | 1966
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