Fuselage nose door
First Claim
1. A fuselage nose door for sealing an opening in a hull of an aircraft, comprising:
- a door shell movably held by a bearing device between a closed setting and an open setting,wherein the door shell is pivotable and shiftable in relation to the bearing device;
wherein the door shell is configured, via the bearing device, to slide along a guiding device extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft;
wherein the opening in the hull is defined above a cockpit in a nose area of the aircraft and is configured to provide access to a loading area above the cockpit;
wherein the door shell is configured to initially slide up while being moved from the closed setting to the open setting, whereafter at of the door shell is configured to pivot upward and to simultaneously slide rearward along a fuselage of the aircraft; and
wherein in the fully open setting of the door shell, the door shell is configured to move over the fuselage of the aircraft.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuselage nose door for sealing an opening in the hull of an aircraft. In order to make loading and unloading as efficient as possible, a door shell is proposed that is movably held between a closed setting and an open setting by a bearing device, wherein the door shell can be pivoted and shifted in relation to the bearing device. The invention also relates to an aircraft with such fuselage nose door. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for opening and closing an opening in the hull of an aircraft with a fuselage nose door, which has a door shell that is movably held by a bearing device between the closed setting and open setting, wherein the door shell is pivoted and shifted in relation to the bearing device in the opening and closing process.
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16 Claims
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1. A fuselage nose door for sealing an opening in a hull of an aircraft, comprising:
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a door shell movably held by a bearing device between a closed setting and an open setting, wherein the door shell is pivotable and shiftable in relation to the bearing device; wherein the door shell is configured, via the bearing device, to slide along a guiding device extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft; wherein the opening in the hull is defined above a cockpit in a nose area of the aircraft and is configured to provide access to a loading area above the cockpit; wherein the door shell is configured to initially slide up while being moved from the closed setting to the open setting, whereafter at of the door shell is configured to pivot upward and to simultaneously slide rearward along a fuselage of the aircraft; and wherein in the fully open setting of the door shell, the door shell is configured to move over the fuselage of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16)
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11. An aircraft comprising:
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a fuselage structure, wherein the fuselage structure has a load-bearing structure and a cargo hold within the fuselage structure accessible from an opening in the hull in a front of the aircraft above a cockpit via a nose of the fuselage structure, the opening configured to provide access to a loading area above the cockpit in the cargo hold; first and second laterally adjoining wings; and a fuselage nose door for sealing the opening in a hull of the aircraft, comprising a door shell movably held by a bearing device between a closed setting and an open setting, wherein the door shell is pivotable and shiftable in relation to the bearing device; wherein the door shell is configured, via the bearing device, to slide along a guiding device extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft; wherein the door shell is configured to initially slide up while being moved from the closed setting to the open setting, whereafter a to of the door shell is configured to pivot upward and to simultaneously slide rearward along the fuselage structure of the aircraft; and wherein in the fully open setting of the door shell, the door shell is configured to move over the fuselage structure of the aircraft.
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12. A method for opening and closing an opening in a hull of an aircraft with a fuselage nose door, the opening in the hull defined above a cockpit in a nose area of the aircraft and configured to provide access to a loading area above the cockpit, wherein the fuselage nose door has a door shell movably held by a bearing device between a closed setting and an open setting, the method comprising:
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pivoting and shifting the door shell in relation to the bearing device in the opening and closing process; wherein the shifting the door shell comprises sliding the door shell, via the bearing device, along a guiding device extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft; wherein the door shell is configured to initially slide up while being moved from the closed setting to the open setting, whereafter a to of the door shell is configured to pivot upward and to simultaneously slide rearward along a fuselage of the aircraft; and wherein in the fully open setting of the door shell, the door shell is configured to move over the fuselage of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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