Patent ID: 8459592
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
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.