Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh

Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh

Rainer Hertle

Manfred Held

Wolfgang Buchs

Stefan Andres

Hans Bartosch

The invention relates to a device for opening a passenger door () of an aircraft in case of emergency, which is fastened so it is manually pivotable on the fuselage () of the aircraft via a hinge and/or support arm configuration (), an auxiliary-energy-operated emergency opening drive () being provided between the fuselage () and the passenger door (), which automatically opens the passenger door () in accordance with an emergency control unit (), the auxiliary energy for the emergency opening drive () being pyrotechnic energy, whose gas expanding inside an expansion chamber () after triggering by the emergency control unit () impinges the emergency opening drive () with pressure medium to open the passenger door (), wherein said emergency opening drive () generates a rotational movement.

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Alerheim, Germany

Rainer Hertle