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US 9,168,812 B2Granted
Decorative ring device for free-floating interface of aircraft interior sidewall window lining
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorWilliam E. McCammon
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Abstract
An interior lining interface incorporates a decorative interface ring having a substantially flat flange with multiple bearing ring bosses on an inner surface of the flange for engagement of an inner surface of a rim of a window ring. Multiple friction fit legs extend from the flange and are received within and constrained by the interface ring to the widow ring rim. A window reveal has a mating surface contacting the flange.
Claims20
An interior lining interface comprising:
- a decorative interface ring having
- a flange having a substantially planar surface,
- a plurality of bearing ring bosses on an inner surface of the flange for engagement of an inner surface of a rim of a window ring having a complex curvature wherein the interface ring transforms the complex curvature of the window ring to the substantially planar surface of the flange,
- a plurality of friction fit legs extending from the flange and received within and constraining the interface ring to the widow ring rim;
- and,
- a window reveal associated with a lining panel and having a mating surface contacting the planar surface of the flange, said flange providing latitude in tolerance in forward/aft, up/down and clocking directions for said mating surface and said mating surface floating on said flange to accommodate misalignment between the window reveal in the lining panel and window ring.
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An aircraft fuselage window system comprising:
- a window ring having a complex curvature mounted in a fuselage;
- a lining panel supported within the fuselage;
- a decorative interface ring mounted intermediate the window ring and lining panel and having
- a flange having a substantially planar surface wherein the interface ring transforms the complex curvature of the window ring to the substantially planar surface of the flange,
- a plurality of bearing ring bosses on an inner surface of the flange for engagement of an inner surface of a rim of a window ring,
- a plurality of friction fit legs and alignment lips extending from the bosses and received within and constraining the interface ring to the widow ring rim;
- and,
- a window reveal extending from the lining panel and having a mating surface contacting the surface of the flange, said flange providing latitude in tolerance in forward/aft, up/down and clocking directions for said mating surface and said mating surface floating on said flange to accommodate misalignment between the window reveal in the lining panel and window ring.
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A method fur establishing a low tolerance interface between a window ring and window reveal comprising:
- extending multiple bearing ring bosses on a substantially flat flange of an interface ring;
- contouring mating surfaces of the bearing ring bosses to match curvature of an inner surface of a rim on a structural window ring to orient the flange with respect to the window ring wherein the interface ring transforms the complex curvature of the window ring to the substantially planar surface of the flange;
- receiving and constraining friction fit legs associated with the bosses within the rim of the window ring;
- contacting the flange with a resilient seal extending from a window reveal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.