US 12,304,611 B2
Vehicle body with cavity in the outer skin and a closing door arrangement
Sascha Wald, Taufkirchen (DE); Michael Rappitsch, Taufkirchen (DE); Sebastian Peters, Taufkirchen (DE); Arne Bethge, Taufkirchen (DE); Rainer Sellhorst, Taufkirchen (DE); and Ian Aspindle, Taufkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed by Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,484.
Claims priority of application No. 102022128630.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140585 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/1407 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body comprising:
an outer contour which forms an outer contour of the vehicle body;
a cavity in the vehicle body, inside the outer contour;
a door arrangement that has a first door leaf and a second door leaf, forms part of the outer contour of the vehicle body, and is configured to assume optionally a closed state, in which the cavity is covered, or an open state, in which the cavity is open;
a first multiple-joint hinge which has a first bearing, which is coupled to a wall of the cavity, and a second bearing, which is coupled to the first door leaf, wherein the first multiple-joint hinge movably couples the first door leaf to the wall of the cavity;
a drive configured to move the first door leaf; and
a spoiler that overlaps a part of an outer wall of the vehicle body, is coupled to an end wall of the cavity via a second multiple-joint hinge, and forms an overlap region with an outer surface of the vehicle body, the first door leaf, and the second door leaf along an entirety of a periphery of the spoiler;
wherein the first door leaf is movable about a first pivot axis from the closed state into the open state and from the open state into the closed state;
wherein the second door leaf is movable about a second pivot axis out of the closed state into the open state and out of the open state into the closed state;
wherein the second door leaf is coupled to another wall of the cavity via a third multiple-joint hinge;
wherein, in the closed state of the door arrangement, the second door leaf overlaps the first door leaf in an overlap region;
wherein the spoiler is movable about a third pivot axis from a retracted state into a deployed state and from the deployed state into the retracted state;
wherein the first pivot axis, the second pivot axis, and the third pivot axis are each outside the cavity;
wherein the end wall of the cavity to which the spoiler is coupled is inside the cavity; and
wherein the second multiple-joint hinge is attached to a face of the end wall of the cavity.