Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft window assemblies and related methods
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Application No.: US17369843Application Date: 2021-07-07
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Publication No.: US11952099B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber , Gabriela DeFrancisci
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC
- Main IPC: B64C1/14
- IPC: B64C1/14 ; B29C70/42 ; B29C70/68 ; B29K101/12 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
Aircraft window assemblies and methods. The aircraft window assemblies comprise a window frame configured to support a window pane on an aircraft skin about a window aperture defined in an aircraft skin. The window frame includes a base formed of a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite and at least one overmolded feature molded to the base. The base defines a central aperture and includes circumferential flange portion configured to support the base on the aircraft skin surrounding the window aperture and a skirt portion extending inwardly from the circumferential flange portion and surrounding the central aperture. The skirt portion is non-planar with the circumferential flange portion and comprises a support surface for the window pane. The methods comprise forming the window frame, which comprises stamp-forming the base of the window frame from a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite sheet and overmolding the at least one overmolded feature to the base.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230009680A1 AIRCRAFT WINDOW ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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