Electrically operated window shade assembly for an aircraft window having opaque and translucent shades

An electric aircraft window shade system, comprising:

• a frame configured to mount on an outer side of an inner wall of an aircraft at a window opening in the inner wall, the inner wall having an inner side opposite the outer side, wherein no portion of the frame is positioned on the inner side of the inner wall;
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• a cassette configured to mount in the frame by being inserted through the window opening into the frame, the cassette having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, the cassette further having a motor disposed in the bottom adjacent the first side, an axle disposed transversely in the top of the frame, a pulley disposed in the bottom adjacent the second side, a first belt disposed in the first side connecting the motor to a first end of the axle, a second belt disposed in the second side connecting the pulley to a second end of the axle, and a shade coupled to the first belt and the second belt, and wherein the motor is operable to raise and lower the shade by driving the first belt, which drives the second belt to move correspondingly through the axle.

An electric aircraft window shade system, comprising:

• a frame configured to mount on an outer side of an inner wall of an aircraft at a window opening;
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• a cassette configured to mount in the frame by being inserted through the window opening into the frame such that the cassette is entirely on the outer side of the inner wall, the cassette having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, the cassette further having a first shade element that is moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and a first motor to drive the first shade element between the raised position and lowered position, and a second shade element that is moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and a second motor to drive the second shade element between the raised position and lowered position.

An electric aircraft window shade system, comprising:

• a frame configured to mount on an outer side of an inner wall of an aircraft at a window opening, the inner wall having an inner side that is opposite the outer side of the inner wall, wherein no portion of the frame is positioned on the inner side of the inner wall;
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• a cassette configured to mount in the frame by being inserted through the window opening into the frame, the cassette having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, an axle disposed transversely in the top of the frame having a first end at the first side of the cassette and a second end at the second side of the cassette, the cassette further having a first motor disposed at the bottom adjacent the first side, a first belt routed in the first side between the first motor and the first end of the axle, a second motor disposed at the bottom adjacent the second side, a second belt routed in the second side between the second motor and the second end of the axle, a first shade element coupled to the first belt at a front portion of the first belt, a second shade element coupled to the second belt at a rear portion of the second belt, a motor controller coupled to both the first motor and the second motor, and wherein the motor controller is configured to independently control raising and lowering of the first and second shade elements.