Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including aperture
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Watkins, III, William P (Department: 1783)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including aperture
C428S139000, C428S140000, C428S192000, C428S034000, C428S038000, C052S204620, C244S129300, C244S119000, C156S099000, C156S242000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07968170
ABSTRACT:
A single pane window for use in a jet aircraft. The single pane window includes a plurality of metal sheets. A fiber reinforced resin at least partially surrounds the plurality of metal sheets. The fiber reinforced resin is transparent. A cutout is formed within each of the plurality of metal sheets, with the cutout being filled by the transparent resin during the manufacturing process. The cutout forms an optically transparent window portion of the single pane window. The single pane window is lightweight and strong enough to form a load bearing portion of a fuselage of a commercial aircraft into which it is incorporated, and also does not require the bulky and heavy frame structure that has traditionally been required on window structures of jet aircraft. The single pane window also enables even larger windows to be incorporated on aircraft without increasing the weight or cost associated with such windows.
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Nordman Paul S
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
The Boeing Company
Watkins, III William P
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