Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Dennis P McCarthy

George B Goodwin

Caroline S Harris

Calvin B Blevins

John D M Shearer

YaBei Gu

John R Miller

A mold for casting a polymeric aircraft window panel includes a first mold half () having a first mold surface (), and a second mold half () having a second mold surface (). The first mold surface () and/or the second mold surface () have a shape conforming to a final shape for the major surfaces of the aircraft window panel. The first mold half () and/or the second mold half () can be formed of rolled, hydroformed, or stamped metal.

Method and apparatus for making a polymeric aircraft window panel

An aircraft window assembly () includes a first panel () having a first surface () and a second surface (). In a first state in which there is no pressure difference between the first surface () and the second surface (), the first panel () has a cross-sectional shape selected from planar, outwardly convex, or inwardly convex. In a second state in which there is a pressure difference between first surface () and the second surface (), the first panel () has an outwardly convex cross-sectional shape.

Deformable aircraft window

A ballistic transparency includes a first ply having a peripheral edge; a second ply spaced from the first ply and having a peripheral edge; a polymeric layer located between the first ply and the second ply; and at least one flexible mounting member having a first end extending within the polymeric layer and a second end extending beyond the peripheral edges of the first and second plies.

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Dennis P McCarthy