Technique to Facilitate Installation of Motorized Window Shade Mechanism in Aircraft

A method for installing a motorized window shade assembly on an aircraft window panel having fastener receiving elements and an electrical access port, the method comprising:

• providing a receptacle frame comprising:
• a front face bounded by side walls defining a volume for receiving the window shade assembly,
• a rear face having window panel fasteners adapted to engage with the fastener receiving elements of the aircraft window panel and adapted to secure the receptacle frame to the aircraft window panel,
• a receptacle frame port formed in one of the side walls and positioned to align with the electrical access port of the aircraft window panel,
• a receptacle frame electrical assembly comprising an aircraft power bus electrical connector installed in the receptacle frame port and adapted to interface with an aircraft electrical power bus, and
• window shade assembly fasteners positioned on at least a first pair of the side walls and adapted to secure the window shade assembly within the volume for receiving the window shade assembly, the window shade assembly fasteners comprising flexible tabs which extend from, or form at least a portion of, the first pair of the side walls;
• inserting a first end of the window shade assembly into the volume for receiving the window shade assembly at an angle relative to the front face of the receptacle frame so that the first end of the window shade assembly is positioned between at least a first flexible tab, of the flexible tabs, and the front face of the receptacle frame, the first flexible tab flexing outward as the window shade assembly is inserted;
• and
• rotating the window shade assembly about the first end thereof so that a second end of the window shade assembly moves into the volume for receiving the window shade assembly and becomes secured by at least a second flexible tab, of the flexible tabs,
• wherein as the window shade assembly is inserted and rotated, the aircraft power bus electrical connector installed in the receptacle frame port forms an electrical connection with the an aircraft electrical power bus.