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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cynthia Ann Gruensfelder, St. Louis, MO (US);
Micael Watson Geiger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jack Howard Jacobs, Glendale, AZ (US);
Robert Henry Wille, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
McDonnell Douglas, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441291 ; 2441294 ; 244131 ; 277 26 ; 277227 ; 277921 ; 494751 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (30) for eliminating gaps (20) in a door of an airplane has an elastaueric bladder (32) bonding along an edge (24) of a door gap (20). The elastomeric bladder (32) includes a port providing for access to an interior cavity (34). A pneumatic actuator is coupled to the port.