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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powered door opening mechanism to move an aircraft lavatory door from the closed position to the open position is provided, which includes a non-contact sensor inside and outside the lavatory to detect part of a human body, an engaged member in the door and extending to an upper side of the door, an engaging member at a section on the upper side of the door inside the lavatory, engageable with the engaged member from a side of the door from the closed position of the door to the open position of the door, and having a shape that is open in a direction away from the door, and an actuator to move the engaging member in a direction away from the entrance in response to a detection signal from the non-contact sensor and move the door from the closed position to the open position through the engaged member.