Patent ID: 9056665
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B64C,E05B

Abstract:
1. An aircraft exterior door installation comprising a door pivotally attached to an airframe, the aircraft exterior door installation comprising: a damper which is arranged to damp motion of the door as the door is opened by rotating the door away from the airframe; and a coupling mechanism which is arranged to couple the damper with the door over an opening damping range and decouple the damper from the door at an end of the opening damping range so that the damper does not damp the motion of the door as it opens further beyond the opening damping range; wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a fitting carried on the door and a coupling member pivotally attached to the damper; and wherein the coupling member is arranged to engage the fitting over the opening damping range and disengage from the fitting when the door opens beyond the opening damping range.