Aircraft window and installation method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJAMES E. EBNER, ERIC ALLEN BRYAN, JEFFREY LEE KELSEY
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Abstract
An aircraft window has an inner window assembly retained on an outer window assembly by a plurality of interlocking clips and receptacles positioned around the perimeter of the window. The interlocking clips and receptacles produce a retention force that compresses a seal against an outer structural the window to seal an internal cavity between the inner and outer window assemblies.
Claims18
A method of installing a window on an aircraft fuselage, comprising:
- mounting a window frame, having a perimeter, on an inner surface of the fuselage;
- installing a plurality of receptacles on the window frame around the perimeter thereof;
- installing a seal on a window assembly;
- mounting a plurality of retention clips on the window assembly;
- and
- installing the window assembly on the window frame by inserting each retention clip into one of the plurality of receptacles.
A method of installing a window assembly on an aircraft fuselage, comprising:
- mounting a window frame, having a perimeter, on an interior surface of the fuselage;
- installing a plurality of receptacles around the perimeter of the window frame on the interior surface of the fuselage;
- installing a seal on a window assembly;
- mounting a plurality of retention clips on the window assembly;
- and
- inserting each retention clip into a respective one of the receptacles, to attach the window assembly to the window frame.
A method of installing a window on a fuselage of an aircraft, comprising:
- assembling an outer window assembly by—
- mounting a window frame on the fuselage;
- mounting an outboard structural window on the frame;
- placing a first seal between the outboard window and the frame;
- mounting a plurality of brackets on the frame;
- mounting a plurality of spring clips respectively on the brackets;
- mounting a receptacle on an end of each of the spring clips;
- assembling an inner window assembly by—
- mounting an inner window on a sidewall panel of the fuselage;
- attaching a second seal to the inner window;
- attaching a plurality of retention clips to the second seal;
- aligning the inner and outer window assemblies;
- placing the inner window assembly on the outer window assembly;
- and
- inserting a plug on each of the retention clips into a socket on a corresponding one of the receptacles by applying a force to one end of the retention clip until an audible snap is produced, to attach the inner window assembly to the outer window assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.