Patent ID: 8740148

Claim:
Device for limiting deflection of a door arranged in a fuselage cell of an aircraft and having a pivoting door leaf edge, having at least one holding element arranged in a region of a door jamb or in a region of the pivoting door leaf edge, wherein if there is a sufficient pressure difference Δp between internal pressure p i prevailing in the fuselage cell and the outside air pressure p a prevailing outside of the fuselage cell, the at least one holding element is movable to be brought into engagement with at least one abutment arranged in the region of the pivoting door leaf edge or the door jamb while the door is in a closed position, wherein the at least one holding element comprises a lever that transmits a tensile force onto the door when the door is in the closed position and the at least one holding element is in engagement with the at least one abutment.