Windows Patents (Class 244/129.3)
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Patent number: 8366046Abstract: Quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg is used to make parts found in aerospace vehicles. Exemplary aerospace parts that are made using quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg include aircraft window frames, wing fairing supports, flange supports, frame gussets, rudder actuator brackets, shear ties, seat pedestals, cargo floor flange supports, storage bin fittings, antenna supports, torque tube pans, handle boxes, side guide fittings, wing box covers and intercostals.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Hexcel CorporationInventors: Bruno S. Boursier, Jack D. Fudge
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Publication number: 20130026296Abstract: There is provided a cockpit window of an aircraft and the aircraft in which an electromagnetic shield film for preventing electromagnetic noise can be reliably and easily provided at low cost. An electromagnetic shield film is provided to a window part, and a conductive film is provided between the electromagnetic shield film and an outer retainer made of a conductive material. The conductive film is connected to the electromagnetic shield film via a connecting member is provided so as to be led to an outer perimeter side of the window part along an outer perimeter part of the window part, and is electrically connected to the outer retainer. With this configuration, a film made of a conductive material is formed without a gap at a joint portion between the window part and the outer retainer. Also, the conductive film is assumed to have flexibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Yokoi
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Patent number: 8353137Abstract: A compression mounted window assembly is disclosed that includes a circular window having opposed front and rear planar surfaces and an outer periphery having forward and rearward chamfered edge surfaces, a compressible gasket circumscribing the outer periphery of the window, a housing with a portal having an annular seat for accommodating the window circumscribed by the gasket, wherein the annular seat has a first chamfered abutment surface corresponding to the forward chamfered edge surface of the window, an annular bezel operatively associated with the housing for compressively retaining the window assembly within the annular seat of the portal, and structure for securing the bezel to the housing, wherein the bezel has a second chamfered abutment surface corresponding to the rearward chamfered edge surface of the window.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Jonathan L. Boer, Eric L. Lovaasen, Kevin J. Benning
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Patent number: 8349986Abstract: The present invention provides poly(ureaurethane)s including a reaction product of components comprising: (a) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; (b) about 0.1 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; (c) about 0.1 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one aliphatic diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and (d) at least one amine curing agent, wherein the reaction product components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Rukavina, Robert Hunia
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Patent number: 8336824Abstract: A device for protecting and guiding at least one cable (22) that connects a direct-vision window (10) of an aircraft cabin that is provided for blocking an opening, and connects its support (14), includes a cable chain (26) that can deform along a winding plane and protect and guide the cable (22), on both sides of the cable chain (26), a first support (28) that is articulated relative to the direct-vision window (10) so as to be able to pivot around an axis of articulation (36) that is essentially parallel to the release translation and a second support (30) that is articulated relative to the support (14) so as to be able to pivot around an axis of articulation (38) that is essentially parallel to the release translation and the first and second supports (28, 30) have a square cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventor: Olivier Biancalana
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Patent number: 8318299Abstract: A fire retardant, transparent panel and method of making the panel, that is especially well suited for use on mobile platforms, and particularly on aircrafts. The panel is a composite of a transparent matrix and a plurality of fire-retardant nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a diameter less than the visible spectrum of light, and in one form between about 0.1 nm to about 400 nm in diameter. The nanoparticles may be arranged randomly or in predetermined patterns within the matrix during manufacturing of the panel. The panel is lightweight, transparent and yet highly fire retardant.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John N Harris
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Patent number: 8313817Abstract: A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, IncInventors: Mitchell V. Bruce, Brian L. Smith, Thomas R. Scarniac
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Patent number: 8297556Abstract: A window element for insertion in a window cutout in an outer skin of an aircraft, with a window frame for accommodating a window package and a press-on frame. The window frame can be attached to the inside of the outer skin in the region of the window cutout and can be riveted to the external skin, wherein for attaching the press-on frame at least one press-on frame fitting is connected to the window frame and to the outer skin, in particular is riveted to the window frame and to the outer skin, and the window frame comprises an essentially L-shaped or rectangular cross-sectional geometric shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Stefan Krahn
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Publication number: 20120267480Abstract: An aircraft component wherein the component is a partition or a light cover, and wherein the aircraft component is molded or formed from a thermoplastic polymer composition including: a siloxane-containing copolymer in an amount effective to provide a total of 0.2 to 6.5 wt % of siloxane units based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, a bromine-containing polymer in an amount effective to provide 9 to 13 wt % of bromine, based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition, and optionally a third polymer, wherein the wt % of the siloxane-containing copolymer, the bromine-containing polymer, and the optional third polymer, sum to 100 wt %, and 0.05 to 10 wt % of a light diffuser additive, based on the total weight of polymers in the thermoplastic polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, James Franklin Hoover, Laura G. Schultz Hume
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Patent number: 8292228Abstract: Electrically dimmable windows for aircraft are powered by energy harvesting devices on-board the aircraft. The harvested energy is stored and used to control the opacity of the windows based on individual window opacity settings selected either by passengers or a cabin attendant. Each window has an associated control circuit that controls the electrical power applied to the window based on the selected opacity setting. The control circuit includes a low energy usage processor that remains in a sleep mode until a change in the opacity setting is detected. Each control circuit may include a radio transceiver that receives control signals from a transmitter operated by the cabin attendant in order to simultaneously remotely control the opacity settings of multiple windows.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bradley J. Mitchell, Bret L. Lamoree, Brock J. Prince, Henry V. R. Fletcher, III
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Patent number: 8286915Abstract: An aircraft having a fuselage of composite type and more particularly to that of aircraft fuselage panels bearing cabin windows. The invention thus concerns a fuselage panel bearing a window comprising a composite structure cast in one piece, the structure comprising a main portion and at least one opening to accommodate a window, the structure having, on a zone surrounding the opening, a thickness more or less constant and greater than the thickness of the main portion of the structure. The invention also concerns an aircraft comprising a composite fuselage, the latter comprising such a panel or a similar panel made of metal material.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Alain Depeige, Jean-Claude Lacombe
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Publication number: 20120256052Abstract: The invention relates to a window ring for a window of an aircraft, wherein the window ring is substantially formed of a light-guiding substrate, comprises at least one light inlet region to couple light into the substrate, and at least one light exit region which is formed in such a way that light coupled into the substrate exits in it.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: DIEHL AIRCABIN GMBHInventors: Andreas BECKER, Joerg MAEDER
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Publication number: 20120241559Abstract: An aircraft window has an inner window assembly retained on an outer window assembly by a plurality of interlocking clips and receptacles positioned around the perimeter of the window. The interlocking clips and receptacles produce a retention force that compresses a seal against an outer structural the window to seal an internal cavity between the inner and outer window assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: James E. Ebner, Eric Allen Bryan, Jeffrey Lee Kelsey
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Publication number: 20120228428Abstract: An aircraft transparency includes a first ply having a first major surface and a second major surface. A second ply is spaced from the first ply and has a third major surface and a fourth major surface. A polymeric interlayer is located between the first and second plies. At least one bore extends through the first and second plies and the interlayer. A high strength bushing is located in the bore, with an outer sidewall of the bushing in direct contact with the material of the first and second plies. In one embodiment, the bore is a tapered bore and the bushing has a tapered outer sidewall. In another embodiment, the bore is a cylindrical bore and the bushing has a cylindrical outer sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Luis E. Deganis, Di Song, Sherman D. Stewart
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Patent number: 8262823Abstract: A lightweight, structurally strong skin panel having one or more transparent areas forming see-through windows, and a method of making same. A pre-impregnated resin tape comprised of a plurality of fibers impressed into a resin is provided. A metal sheet is provided. The pre-impregnated resin tape and the metal sheet are layered onto a molding tool such that the metal sheet and the pre-impregnated resin tape are aligned one atop the other. The tool, metal sheet, and pre-impregnated resin tape are heated such that the resin flows and at least partially covers the metal sheet and the fibers. The resin and fibers are substantially transparent to form a see-through window portion in the skin panel. The transparent window skin panel eliminates the bulky and heavy frame structure traditionally employed on aircraft, and which has heretofore limited the size of aircraft windows.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Paul S Nordman
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Publication number: 20120223183Abstract: Quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg is used to make parts found in aerospace vehicles. Exemplary aerospace parts that are made using quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg include aircraft window frames, wing fairing supports, flange supports, frame gussets, rudder actuator brackets, shear ties, seat pedestals, cargo floor flange supports, storage bin fittings, antenna supports, torque tube pans, handle boxes, side guide fittings, wing box covers and intercostals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: HEXCEL CORPORATIONInventors: Bruno S. Boursier, Jack D. Fudge
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Publication number: 20120217345Abstract: An observation port (4) in a primary structure (13) of a helicopter cabin (0) is disclosed, which is arranged between a pilot's seat (2) and a co-pilot's seat (3). The observation port (4) is delimited from the interior by an inner screen (15), and from the atmosphere by an outer screen (16), wherein the pilot can observe the space underneath the helicopter cabin (0) through the observation port (4). As a result of the configuration of the observation port (4) the pilot can assume an ergonomic and relaxed seating position at any time, even when he is executing flights with suspended loads. By means of the observation port (4) and the windows (15, 16), which extend laterally between the two pilots' seats (2, 3), a novel unrestricted vertical visual frame of reference onto the suspended load is achieved, wherein the length of the load cable has practically no influence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Marenco Swisshelicopter AG Engineering & ConsultingInventor: Martin Stucki
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Publication number: 20120217346Abstract: A foam mount has a shape of an enclosed frame surrounding an open area, the frame in cross section having a peripheral surface; an inside surface opposite to the peripheral surface, the inside surface defining the open area. The inside surface includes a groove having an open end and the open end of the groove faces the open area of the foam mount. A coating is applied over selected surfaces of the foam mount, wherein the coating has a visible light transmission of less than 15%. Also disclosed is a method of coating an electric conductive coating over the visible light blocking coating and a decorative coating over selected surfaces of the foam mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Joseph Cole Eberle, Jeffrey B. Masiwchuk, Mitchell V. Bruce, Brian L. Smith, Thomas R. Scarniac
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Patent number: 8245975Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle window consisting of a transparent composite material, wherein the composite material comprises fibers and a matrix material such that the vehicle window is capable of withstanding structural loads occurring in the window region and can substantially provide the window function even in spite of damage to the vehicle window (damage-tolerant), the fibers and the matrix material being transparent and substantially having the same refractive index. The invention proposes vehicle windows which are damage-tolerant, load bearing, cost-saving, easy to handle and require less installation space than conventional vehicle windows.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Bengt Abel, Klaus Edelmann, Arne Hartwig, Klaus Hoppmann, Jens Wleting
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Publication number: 20120207968Abstract: The invention relates to a selective dyeing method used for dyeing a substrate (10), selectively within a first exposed surface portion (S1) of said substrate. For this purpose, the substrate consists of a material (2) that is impervious to a dye with the exception of the first portion of the exposed surface. In particular, the impervious material can form a layer which covers a base portion (3) of the substrate in a second portion (S2) of the exposed surface. The substrate is heated such that the dye (C) penetrates a pervious material (1) which constitutes the first portion of the exposed surface. The method is particularly useful for eliminating light diffused by the walls of a multilayer structure which is supported by means of ocular glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Samuel Archambeau, Jérôme Ballet, Jean-Paul Cano, Stéphane Perrot
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Patent number: 8240608Abstract: A fastening device for at least one pair of window panes, especially aircraft windshield window panes, each having a window pane retainer equipped with a frame that is applied to the borders of receptacle openings for the window panes, wherein the frames have a pair of posts facing one another provided with matching profiles that can mate the aforementioned posts, one inside the other, in a fastening line of the window pane retainer on the common border to the openings that receive the pair of panes.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventor: Patrick Lieven
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Publication number: 20120193474Abstract: An inflatable life raft system for an aircraft includes a window coupled to a fuselage portion of the aircraft. A mechanism is used to selectively detach the window from the fuselage. An inflatable life raft is deployable to the exterior of the aircraft upon detachment of the window from the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Brian D. Lafon, Robert G. Capwell
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Patent number: 8210475Abstract: An aircraft in which it is possible to replace windshield panes of the mineral type with windshield panes of the organic type and vice versa, without the frame of the aircraft structure having to be modified. The pane is held in place on the frame by a window pane retainer specific to the pane. The frame has no through-holes opening to the outside of the aircraft for fastening the pane. The window pane retainer specific to a pane of the organic type has pins passing through the acrylic panes. The disclosed embodiments also relate to a method of replacing a pane of a first type with a pane of a second type.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventors: Samuel Burgunder, Pascal Chaumel, Patrick Lieven, Christophe Mialhe
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Publication number: 20120119031Abstract: A hybrid frame is fabricated by initially forming a stack of fibrous layers in an annular pattern. An annular metal trim is separately formed to conform with the annular pattern. The trim is trapped in a lower mold having a complementary lower mold channel. The stacked layers are trapped atop the trim in the lower mold channel. An upper mold is pressed atop the stacked layers for compression co-molding together in the lower mold the stacked layers and trim to co-form the hybrid frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventor: Bobby Jack Ainsworth
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Patent number: 8177168Abstract: Quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg is used to make parts found in aerospace vehicles. Exemplary aerospace parts that are made using quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg include aircraft window frames, wing fairing supports, flange supports, frame gussets, rudder actuator brackets, shear ties, seat pedestals, cargo floor flange supports, storage bin fittings, antenna supports, torque tube pans, handle boxes, side guide fittings, wing box covers and intercostals.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Hexcel CorporationInventors: Bruno S. Boursier, Jack D. Fudge
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Publication number: 20120112006Abstract: A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: PPG Industries OHIO, INC.Inventors: Mitchell V. Bruce, Brian L. Smith, Thomas R. Scarniac
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Patent number: 8157214Abstract: An aircraft window darkening system includes a movable slide that darkens an aircraft window when in a closed position and does not darken the aircraft window when in an open position. The darkening system also includes a motor which is coupled to the slide in order to move the slide. The motor may be attached to a window frame of an aircraft window. The slide may have a handle for moving the slide. The motor may be disposed behind a region covered by a frame cover and behind a holding ring, so that the motor is accessible from the aircraft cabin when the holding ring is removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventors: Alexander Schwarz, Oleg Graf
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Patent number: 8123168Abstract: A window assembly for a mobile platform, for example, a commercial aircraft. The window assembly includes a reveal member that is retained within an opening in an interior panel of the mobile platform without the use of independent retaining clips or adhesives. In one embodiment the reveal member is generally rectangular in shape and includes a flange adjacent to each of the four corners thereof. The flanges engage the opening in the structural panel so that the reveal member can be held in a precise position within the opening in the interior structural panel without external fastening clips or adhesives. The window assembly is lighter in weight than existing window assemblies, and can also be easily removed without special tools or disassembly procedures, and also is retrofittable to existing mobile platforms.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Lon E Switzer, Robert D Dixon, Fred P Seibert, Scott Laverne, Michael J Zizzo, Gregory W Nelson, Gennady V Shankov, James G Trimble
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Patent number: 8116975Abstract: A landmark information system in an aircraft, by which landmark information system data relating to informing, instructing and entertaining passengers may be visually presented. An aircraft equipped with a landmark information system is also provided. The landmark information system comprises an aircraft window with at least one pane and a control unit. The at least one pane is coated with a translucent display that is coupled to the control unit, which, for the purpose of presenting information, is equipped to supply electrical current in a targeted manner to the display. Furthermore, the landmark information system comprises a landmark determination device which may provide geographic data relating to landmarks, for presentation on the translucent display.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Mikael Stavaeus, Jan Peter, Wolfgang Suess, Lars Rowold
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Patent number: 8104715Abstract: A window arrangement is provided for enlarging a window area in an aircraft. The window arrangement includes, but is not limited to at least one first installation element. The at least one first installation element is designed to convey fluids, and furthermore includes, but is not limited to a transparent region which covers a first window region such that light waves in the visible spectrum can be let through.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Nicholas Brownjohn, Georg Mühlthaler, Rainer Müller
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Patent number: 8105645Abstract: A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Mitchell V. Bruce, Brian L. Smith, Thomas R. Scarniac
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Publication number: 20120017514Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft opening window comprising at least one pane (2) equipped with a movable frame (3), the assembly comprising the said movable frame (3) and the said at least one pane (2) being movable relative to a fixed frame (1), an element (4) for maneuvering the said movable assembly, a device for locking/unlocking and opening/closing the said movable assembly actuated by the said maneuvering element (4) and means for guiding and supporting the said movable assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S)Inventors: Luc Lamat, Noel Maurens
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Patent number: 8096506Abstract: A method for making a window frame for installation in the exterior shell of an aircraft, which comprises at least one outer flange, an inner flange, and a vertical flange arranged perpendicular to and between these two flanges, contemplates that first a semifinished part comprising multiple, individual substructures is made, which next is inserted into a molding tool, into which, under pressure and temperature, resin is injected, and that the component made in this manner subsequently is hardened in the molding tool. The semifinished part has a layer structure, which comprises a web material, fiber bundles, or a combination of fiber bundles and web material.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Jens Bold
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Publication number: 20120001025Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening systems in an aircraft. It comprises on the one hand a ring-shaped base (2) and on the other hand arms (4, 6) borne by the ring-shaped base (2), extending outward from the latter and bearing systems supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Lionel SABADIE, Romain DURAND, Marc TOMASI, Jean-Claude BRIOIS
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Patent number: 8087615Abstract: A particular method includes installing a window assembly in a structure by coupling a window frame body of the window assembly to a first surface of an interior side of an outer skin of the structure. The method also includes coupling the window frame body to a second surface of an interior side of an inner skin of the structure. The method also includes coupling the window frame body to a portion of the structure between the outer skin and the inner skin.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Jeffrey H. Wood
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Patent number: 8082707Abstract: An improved vibration damping apparatus is provided for use with window structures, including windows used in vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft. The vibration damping system includes at least two separate layers of solid material that are typically substantially clear at visible wavelengths, in which the two layers are spaced-apart by a predetermined distance to form a space or gap therebetween. This gap will be of a size and shape to enhance vibration damping when it is filled with a gaseous compound, such as air. The air-film vibration damping system created by the above structure can be applied to an external pane of a window structure, or to the interior pane of a window structure, or perhaps to both an exterior pane and an interior pane of the same window structure, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Damping Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Lewis, Michael L. Parin
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Publication number: 20110309187Abstract: An aircraft, with the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds, designed to increase cruise lift/drag ratio, reduce sonic boom and have greater downward visibility by having an ‘inverted’ nose profile that has greater inclination of the lower surfaces to the flight direction than the upper surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventor: Sudarshan Paul Dev
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Patent number: 8079185Abstract: A window element has a cover pane which is substantially flush with an outer skin of an aircraft or other transport, achieving a fluid-dynamically favorable, substantially unbulged exterior surface. As a result of the presence of an additional back-ventilated cover pane arranged in front of the actual outer pane of the window element, a fluid-dynamically favorable integration of the window element into the outer skin of an aircraft fuselage airframe is achieved. Any deformation, such as any buckling or bulging of the outer pane of the window element, as a result of a difference in pressure between the interior of the aircraft fuselage airframe and the exterior space at cruising altitudes, has no fluid-dynamically disadvantageous effect. The outer pane is covered by the cover pane which remains substantially undeformed with respect to the outer skin of the aircraft fuselage airframe, for example. Any deformation of the cover pane is largely eliminated by back-ventilation.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Bernd Paspirgilis
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Patent number: 8052088Abstract: A window panel adapted for installation relative to a structure. The panel includes a single piece of generally transparent injection-molded material configured to span one or more openings in the structure. The panel has panel attachment inserts for attaching the panel relative to the structure. The inserts are embedded in the material alongside at least one edge of the panel. The panel has a curvature that essentially continues a curvature of the structure surrounding the opening(s) when the panel is installed relative to the structure. This panel can be single-pane and can provide an essentially continuous window along an aircraft fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jeffrey H. Wood, Terry A. Sewell
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Patent number: 8042769Abstract: A modular aircraft window includes an outer pane and an inner pane each inserted in a substantially rectangular frame. A foldable shade is disposed on one of the frames and has a freely movable end that is coupled with an operating unit for opening and closing the shade. The assembly further includes at least one shade raising and lowering mechanism in one or both of the longitudinal parts of the frame and a drive mechanism mounted in the lower transverse part of the frame. The drive mechanism includes a threaded spindle which, in order to provide for a particularly stable and long-lasting construction of the drive mechanism, is movable solely translationally and is coupled with a transmission mechanism operating the at least one raising and lowering mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: FACC AGInventors: Gottfried Steiner, Mario Staubmann
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Patent number: 8033505Abstract: An airplane door window of a passenger plane, includes an outer pane, an inner pane, an intermediate pane situated parallel between the outer pane and inner pane and designed as an optical lens body for the inspection of impact surfaces for emergency slides, portable staircases or boarding fingers. The outer pane and the inner pane are spaced apart from each other, arranged substantially parallel to each other in a continuous window gasket, and form an intermediate space. The intermediate pane is inserted into a continuous groove of the window gasket, and extends essentially parallel to the outer pane and the inner pane over a partial area of the intermediate space.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Jens Wieting
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Patent number: 8015762Abstract: Window element (1, 23) with a covering tape (7, 36) and a covering means (8, 35) and comprising a window assembly (5, 25) which can be fixed in a hermetically sealed manner to the window frame (4, 24) by means of a retainer (15, 26), the window frame (4, 24) being enclosed by an encircling seal (11, 32) which has an encircling recess (12, 33).Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Stefan Krahn
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Publication number: 20110186684Abstract: The invention relates to a window replacement for filling a window frame in an aircraft, in particular a passenger aircraft, the window replacement being fixable by means of a retainer in the window frame in place of the window assembly when the window assembly is removed. According to the invention, the window replacement comprises a panel-shaped element with at least a single curvature, the panel-shaped element, being made of a synthetic material. In one configurational variant, the window replacement according to the invention is formed by a monolithic panel-shaped element. In a second configurational variant, the panel-shaped element of the window replacement is formed by a sandwich panel. Both embodiments allow a weight reduction in comparison with a window replacement of a metallic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Ulrich Eberth, Mario Koeber
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Patent number: 7988093Abstract: A window frame (1) for installation in the exterior (5) of an aircraft, which comprises in each case at least one outer flange (2), one inner flange, and one vertical flange (4) arranged perpendicular between these flanges, is manufactured from a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin, in which, first, a semifinished part comprising fiber material is inserted into a molding tool, in which, under pressure and temperature, resin is injected, and subsequently, the component made in this manner is hardened in the molding tool. The semifinished part can have a layer structure either made from a webbing material, from fiber bundles, or from a combination of fiber bundles and a webbing material.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Jens Bold
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Patent number: 7988094Abstract: An erosion shield for an aircraft window includes an annular band having a radially outer brim and a radially inner clip. The shield is sized to cover a composite window frame having an outer rim and an inner sash around a central aperture in which is mounted a window pane. The clip is asymmetrical around the central aperture to protect the sash and permit assembly of the shield thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Inventors: Scott Ernest Ostrem, Kevin Steven Jackson, Stephen Frederick Joseph Wallace, Bobby Jack Ainsworth, Richard William Brigman
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Publication number: 20110155851Abstract: Aircraft observation window (1) comprising external means of observation (10) permitting, the window (1) being in closed position, observation of the exterior in flight, and locking means (30) permitting the securing and locking of the window (1), the latter being in closed position in flight, furthermore comprising opening means (40) permitting opening of the external means of observation (10) when the aircraft is in flight, and securing means (50) permitting housing in a safe manner and securing of external means of observation (10), the same having been opened in flight. The invention furthermore relates to a method for rendering such observation window (1) practicable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS, S.A.Inventors: Alejandro Morales Soto, Francisco Javier Arribas Leon
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Patent number: 7968170Abstract: A single pane window for use in a jet aircraft. The single pane window includes a plurality of metal sheets. A fiber reinforced resin at least partially surrounds the plurality of metal sheets. The fiber reinforced resin is transparent. A cutout is formed within each of the plurality of metal sheets, with the cutout being filled by the transparent resin during the manufacturing process. The cutout forms an optically transparent window portion of the single pane window. The single pane window is lightweight and strong enough to form a load bearing portion of a fuselage of a commercial aircraft into which it is incorporated, and also does not require the bulky and heavy frame structure that has traditionally been required on window structures of jet aircraft. The single pane window also enables even larger windows to be incorporated on aircraft without increasing the weight or cost associated with such windows.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert G Albers, Paul S Nordman
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Patent number: 7942369Abstract: A windscreen frame, and a method of production for a windscreen frame, designed to hold a windscreen in an opening in a wall, the frame including at least one upper horizontal frame section element, at least one lower horizontal frame section element and at least one vertical mounting, characterized in that it is a single unit in composite material.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: SouriauInventors: Benjamin Mahieu, Bruno Cacciaguerra, Louis Peltier
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Patent number: 7905452Abstract: A window frame for installation in the exterior shell of an aircraft, which comprises one outer flange, an inner flange, and a vertical flange extending between flanges. A window frame is fixed in its position via a plurality of holder elements being arranged substantially equidistance from each other over the periphery of the window frame, being distributed on the outer flange of the window frame. Each of the holder elements comprises a base plate having a face, a pin, a pin extending outwardly from the face of the base plate and a pin to, a downholder clip. The clip may be adapted for a press fit engagement with the pin. The outer surfaces of the pin include a sawtooth-like structure, which engages with hook-shaped clamping elements flexibly formed on the downholder clip and over which an annular locking element is displaced. The holder elements may include a thermoplastic material, which may be provided with reinforcement fibers and may be die cast.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Jens Bold
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Publication number: 20110042516Abstract: A window element for a double-shell skin field of an aircraft fuselage cell includes a window frame having a window module disposed in the frame, wherein the frame is disposed in an opening of the double-shell skin field, and wherein the frame is connected to the double-shell skin field by a surrounding embrasure profile positioned against a core structure of the skin field at least in some regions, wherein the core structure includes an inner and an outer covering layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Wolf-Dietrich Dolzinski, Norbert Heltsch, Arne Hartwig, Markus Mueller, Markus Joerg Weber, Jens-Ulrich Prowe, Paul Joern