Aircraft windowed structure
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsPier-Alexandre Pelletier, Guillaume Noiseux-Boucher, Sebastien Duval
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Abstract
A windowed structure includes a body having a frame with an outer wall extending between a first end and a second end. An inner wall extends from the outer wall. The inner wall is connected to the outer wall at the first end to define a proximal joint of the body delimiting a window opening extending through the body. A window element covers the window opening and defines an outer window surface and an inner window surface. The window element has an overlap segment overlaying the outer wall and attached thereto. An unobstructed portion of the window element is defined between the overlap segment and is unobstructed by the frame between the proximal joint.
Claims20
An aircraft, comprising
- a fuselage defining an outer surface and an inner surface, the fuselage having a door opening extending therethrough and providing access to an interior of the fuselage;
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- a door mounted to the fuselage about the door opening and displaceable between an open position and a closed position, the door having a door frame with an outer wall extending between a window end and a fuselage end, and an inner wall extending from the outer wall inwardly toward the interior of the fuselage, the inner wall connected to the outer wall at the window end to define a proximal joint of the door frame delimiting a window opening extending through the door, the door having a window element covering the window opening and defining an outer window surface and an inner window surface, the window element having an overlap segment overlaying the outer wall and being attached thereto, an unobstructed portion of the window element defined adjacent to the overlap segment and being unobstructed by the door frame at the proximal joint.
A windowed structure, comprising:
- a body having a frame with an outer wall extending between a first end and a second end, and an inner wall extending from the outer wall, the inner wall connected to the outer wall at the first end to define a proximal joint of the body delimiting a window opening extending through the body;
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- a window element covering the window opening and defining an outer window surface and an inner window surface, the window element having an overlap segment overlaying the outer wall and being attached thereto, an unobstructed portion of the window element defined between the overlap segment and being unobstructed by the frame between the proximal joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.