Aircraft windows and associated methods for installation

US6736352B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Ralph Bladt · Seattle, US
• Joseph P. Condon · Mukilteo, US
• Richard Fraker · Edmonds, US
• Domenic S. Giuntoli · Seattle, US
• Paul Mikulencak · Snohomish, US
• William Quan · Redmond, US
• Michael A. Ritts · Anacortes, US
• Ryon Warren · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2002
• Grant date: May 18, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 26, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C1/1484
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Aircraft windows and associated methods for installation. The windows can be installed in a passenger cabin of an aircraft and can include a frame that supports a pane assembly having a viewing area of at least 180 square inches. The viewing area can have a triangular shape, with the sides of the window aligned with none of the major axis of the aircraft. Alternatively, the window can have a longitudinally extended rectangular shape, a diamond shape or an elliptical shape. The window frame can have a divider portion that separates two window apertures, each of which carries a separate pane assembly. Adjacent windows can be closed out with a common bezel.