Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh

Kemira Oyj

Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh

Stefan Andres

Manfred Held

Bernd Hauschel

Wolfgang Buchs

Hans Bartosch

Rainer Hertle

Rainer Hertie

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.

Device for opening a passenger door in case of emergency

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Munich, Germany

Stefan Andres