Main deck cargo door control panel indication

• US 5,735,487 A
• Filed: 12/19/1995
• Issued: 04/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Abild, Vernon L., Huard, Stephen J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARQUIS, LISSI MOJICA
• Application Number:
  US08/574,836
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 244/129.4, 244/129.5, 49/141, 340/542, 340/545
• US Class Current: 244/129.5
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1415 Cargo doors, e.g. incorporating ramps

Abstract

A remote indication system for a cargo door which indicates the following conditions: Opened, Closed, Latched, Unlocked and Locked. The entire system, including sensors, is independent of the standard flight deck warning system. This provides the required redundancy for the system so that direct observation is not required. An independent system from the standard flight deck warning system and/or the indication for each step of the process rather than just "open/closed" is utilized in the present cargo door control and indicating system.

Claims

1. In combination in an aircraft:

a cargo door;

a cargo door control panel disposed in said aircraft remote from said cargo door;

said cargo door control panel having a plurality of panel lamps indicating opened, closed, latched, unlocked and locked positions of said cargo door; and

a cargo door control and indicator circuit coupled between said cargo door and said plurality of panel lamps.

2. In combination in an aircraft:

a cargo door;

a cargo door control panel disposed in the flight deck area of the aircraft;

said cargo door control panel coupled to said cargo door for controlling the operation of said cargo door; and

,

said cargo door control panel indicating opened, closed, latched, unlocked, and locked conditions of said cargo door, said cargo door central panel further monitoring the change in state of said conditions.