Patent ID: 9010685
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B64C,E05D,E06B

Abstract:
1. A guiding mechanism for moving a cargo door into extended cargo door positions in order to open at least one section of an opening of a loading hatch on a fuselage of an aircraft and into a retracted cargo door position in order to close the at least one section of the opening of the loading hatch, wherein a first structural component in the form of the cargo door is pivotably supported on a second structural component in the form of the fuselage by a pivot joint in order to move the cargo door, the guiding mechanism comprising: at least one actuator for moving the cargo door between the retracted position and a maximally extended cargo door position, the at least one actuator comprising: a connecting element that is movably coupled to the actuator drive unit and/or the actuating element and features a supporting device for supporting the connecting element on the first or second connecting device such that a compensation travel between the actuating element and the connecting element is available at an outer limit of the extended cargo door positions relative to the respective actuating states of the actuating element; and a spring mechanism that is arranged on the at least one actuator and designed for exerting a compressive force between the first and the second connecting device and for supporting the cargo door relative to the outer limit of a respective extended cargo door position; wherein the at least one actuator further comprises: a second connecting element that is movable relative to the actuator drive unit and, viewed from the actuator drive unit, is situated on a side of the at least one actuator that lies opposite of a side on which the actuating element with the spring mechanism is located, and a damping device that is integrated between the second connecting element and the actuator drive unit in order to dampen movement between the second connecting element and the actuator drive unit.