Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh

Klaus Koppel

Stefan Gorlich

Alexander Rowbut

Gabriela Mihalascu

Maintenance steps on helicopters () comprising a casing (), integrated into a lateral shell of a fuselage of a helicopter () for access from outside and a step () being pivotably mounted in the casing (). The invention relates as well to methods for mounting and dismounting of such maintenance steps.

Integrated maintenance step on helicopter fuselage

The invention relates to a door lock comprising a door catch system for double door-type helicopter doors that can, when being closed, additionally be displaced perpendicularly to the plane of the door opening into the closed position (flush fitting). Said door lock comprises a catch element () associated with the latch element () and actively linked therewith, said catch element maintaining the door 'caught' directly in front of its locked position when the door is manually closed until the door is translated to its final closed position via the latch element ().

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Asbach-Baumenheim, Germany

Klaus Koppel