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Window with an emergency exit function for a helicopter and method for removing a transparent element from this window

US11174000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 2017
Grant dateNov 16, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C27/04
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A window with an emergency exit function for a helicopter is described that comprises: a frame shaped as a framework that can be coupled to a door of said helicopter provided with an opening; and a transparent element designed to engage the opening and held in position by the frame; the frame comprises a first side arranged abutting against the transparent element when a first force below a threshold value is exerted on the latter in a direction transversal to a first plane of a main portion of the transparent element, and which can be elastically moved away from the transparent element when the first force exerted on the latter exceeds the threshold value; and a second side having greater flexural rigidity than the first side in a second plane transversal to first plane and arranged abutting against the transparent element even when the force is greater than said threshold value.

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