US 12,330,791 B2
Door assembly slide unit disengagement system
Matthew Hoang, Westminster City, CA (US); and Kyle Bettenhausen, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Adient Aerospace, LLC, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by Adient Aerospace, LLC, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,289.
Prior Publication US 2023/0287720 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E05D 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0606 (2014.12) [B64C 1/1438 (2013.01); E05D 15/0652 (2013.01); E05D 2015/1026 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/502 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door assembly comprising:
a door support member of a seat unit;
a sliding door which is movable between a fully retracted position and at least one deployed position; and
a door adjustment device disposed between the door support member and the sliding door to movably support the sliding door on the door support member, wherein the door adjustment device comprises:
a carrier unit mounted to the sliding door;
a slide unit releasably coupled to the carrier unit in a normal operation mode; and
a locking device that releasably couples the slide unit to the carrier unit in the normal operation mode, the locking device including a detent element associated with the slide unit and a corresponding receiving element associated with the carrier unit detachably retaining the detent element in the normal operation mode, the locking device including a locking element movable to release the detent element from the corresponding receiving element and coupled to a decoupling latch pivotally mounted to the carrier unit;
wherein the slide unit is releasable from the carrier unit by the locking device in response to a manual actuation of the decoupling latch in a backup operation mode.