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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Damien Buchet, Toulouse, FR;
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
A door assembly for an aircraft includes a door, an interior door handle and an exterior door handle, and a clutch assembly. The interior door handle and the exterior door handle are rotatable about a door handle rotational axis. The clutch assembly includes a shaft, an exterior coupling body, an exterior handle body, and a clutch lever. The shaft includes an interface portion. The interface portion includes a handle tooth. The exterior coupling body includes a fixed body portion disposed adjacent the interface portion. The exterior handle body is rotatably mounted to the exterior coupling body. The exterior handle body is rotatable between and to an engaged position and a disengaged position. The clutch lever is rotatably mounted to the exterior coupling body. The clutch lever is pivotable between and to an engaged pivot position and a disengaged pivot position. In the engaged pivot position, the handle tooth is positioned circumferentially between the clutch lever and the fixed body portion.