Aircraft Plug Door Hinge

Outward opening plug type door for aircraft filed april 4 1958 6 sheets sheet 3 1 v k v a rroga aug.

Aircraft plug door hinge.

El rfo v kffm immrt q f fei l aez ama v w opj al l ill apt k. This invention relates to door hinges and more particularly to hinges for connecting a door to the fuselage of an aircraft. In the past many commercial passenger carrying aircraft have utilized doors ranging in design from outwardly opening plug type doors to inwardly opening overhead storage type doors. The door you mentioned is called a plug door.

The hinge is aircraft quality extruded ms20001 4 hinge with a 3 32 steel hinge pin. Extruded piano hinge 18 18 21 80. Composites finishing materials. When installed and closed the hinge pin is gripped tightly by the force of the spring.

This invention relates to door hinges and more particularly to hinges for connecting a door to the fuselage of an aircraft. Canopy hinge 3 07. Background art in the past many commercial passenger carrying aircraft have utilized doors ranging in design from outwardly opening plug type doors to inwardly opening overhead storage type doors. Bergman etal outward opening plug type door for aircraft filed april 4 1958 6 sheets sheet 4 inventors.

Plug doors seal themselves due to the pressure difference on the two sides and are often used on aircraft with cabin pressurization. Home metals aircraft hinges. On some aircraft the plug door opens partially inward and through a complex hinge design can be tilted to fit through the fuselage opening or the door may have locking hinged panels at the top and bottom edges that can make it smaller than the opening so that it may be swung outward. For a small plane thats lacking something essential or would benefit from a replacement a variety of parts and accessories are available.

Founded in 1927 by william piper piper aircraft was once considered one of the big three in the manufacture of planes and aviation parts. One end of the hinge pin is flattened.