Patent ID: 9409641
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B64C

Claim Text:
1. A device for limiting deflection of a door having a pivoting door leaf edge and the door being arranged in a fuselage cell of an aircraft, the device comprising: at least one abutment; and at least one holding element; wherein the at least one holding element is pivotable automatically in case of a sufficiently large pressure difference between internal pressure in the fuselage cell and outside air pressure, whereby the at least one holding element is brought into engagement with the at least one abutment while the door is in a closed position; and wherein the at least one holding element comprises a lever coupled to an elastic membrane which has a hook and the at least one abutment comprises a barbed hook, and wherein the elastic membrane is subjected to a pressure difference between the internal pressure and the outside air pressure such that if there is the sufficiently large pressure difference the hook is brought into engagement with the barbed hook.