Patent ID: 6499694
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
A door arrangement for selectively covering a landing gear bay of an aircraft, comprising:a bay door; a pivot support shaft connected to said bay door, wherein at least a hollow portion of said pivot support shaft has a hollow interior; two pivot bearings pivotally supporting said pivot support shaft so that said bay door and said pivot support shaft are together pivotable about a lengthwise pivot axis of said pivot support shaft; a drive shaft that extends in said hollow interior of said pivot support shaft from a first end of said pivot support shaft at least to a lengthwise central region of said pivot support shaft; a torque-transmitting connection between said drive shaft and said pivot support shaft at a location within said lengthwise central region of said pivot support shaft; and a drive arrangement that is connected to said drive shaft and adapted to apply a torque to said drive shaft.