US 11,999,486 B2
Device for closing a passage between two seat units
Mathieu Thomas, Bourges (FR); Lorene Perrin, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher (FR); and Julien Layet, Merignac (FR)
Assigned to Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
Appl. No. 17/414,924
Filed by Safran Seats, Plaisir (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084498
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126696, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1873133 (FR), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063809 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0023 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0606 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closing device for a passage in an aircraft cabin, comprising:
a door panel, and
a first carriage comprising first guiding means for translating said first carriage with respective to a fixed element in a sliding direction, characterized in that said first carriage comprises second guiding means for translating the door panel with respect with said first carriage in said sliding direction, and
a first locking system being able to come into a locked state in which the first locking system provides a mechanical connection between the door panel and the first carriage, so that the door panel is translatable together with the first carriage via said first guiding means,
said first locking system being able to come into an unlocked state, in which the door panel is disengaged from the first carriage, so that the door panel alone is translatable via said second guiding means.