Msa Aircraft Interior Products, Inc.

Msa Aircraft Products, Ltd.

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Eduardo Sanz

Gilbert C Moreno

Michael R Spraggins

Donald A Martin

Joe Ray Martin

Donald J Martin

Don M Ellis

Dayton R Pearson

Windows, including windows for an aircraft. The windows include a shade. The shade has variable light transmissive characteristics. The shade is entrained upon rollers so that it may roll across the lens window. The parts of the shade are nearly opaque and other parts are nearly transparent. The result is a shade that has varying optical density depending upon the position of the hand operated rollers or shade positioning mechanism.

Matrix window

An aircraft window having a generally rectangular frame with an inner lens. A first shade is movable with respect to the frame and capable of covering a portion of the inner lens. A second shade is also movable with respect to the frame and also capable of covering a portion of the inner lens. An intermediate lens or separation member lies between the first and second shades. Movement of the shades allows for independent and variable control over the light transmitted through the window.

Electric dual shade aircraft window

A vehicle window having a curved inner lens, a rectangular frame with frame members and a shade. The shade is a dual shade having a first fabric member and a second fabric member with a removable shade rail between the first and second fabric member. There also is a movable shade rail at the end of the second shade material. Cables attach to each end of the removable shade rails and through to separate handles. Moving the first handle will move the first moveable shade rail and the first fabric member up and down and moving the second handle will move the second moveable shade rail and the second fabric up and down. The fabric members have different light transmissive characteristics, one being more opaque then the other.

Modular aircraft window with a dual shade

Applicant discloses a modular window shade system for an aircraft or other vehicle. The window shade of the window is enclosed with an outer and inner lens and mounted to a frame. A handle is provided and a mechanism is provided where in moving a handle horizontally mounted to the frame will cause the shade to move vertically. The mechanism between the handle and the shade provides a mechanical advantage such that the handle moves a distance greater then the vertical travel of the shade.

Handle operated modular window shade system for moving a shade vertically a distance less than the distance of handle travel

Double convex aircraft window

An electrically driven motor capable of smoothly and efficiently raising and lowering a shade of an aircraft window. The aircraft window includes a spool which can slide axially. A cord is tied to one end of the spool, routed around the frame of the window and back to the second end of the spool. Between the first and second ends of the cord, it is tied into a shade rail. The shade rail is attached to the shade and when the shade rail moves up and down, the shade opens and closes. The spool is energized by the electric motor and, when moving in the first direction, causes one end of the spool to take up cord, thus causing the shade rail to move up and the other window to open and, when the electric motor is reversed, the take-up side of the spool becomes the unwind side and the unwind side becomes the take-up side, with the shade moving towards a closed, or down, position.

Electrically operated aircraft window with a sliding take-up spool

The present invention relates to a modular window unit for an aircraft comprising a nonopaque lens and a reveal, the reveal joining the lens, as well as a shade comprising a multiplicity of discrete elongated panels, each panel cooperating with one another and being movable between an open and a closed position. The panels lay one next to the other to substantially cover the lens when the window shade is closed and, in an open position, lay stacked atop each other to substantially uncover the lens. Electric motors are provided for moving the panels of the shade between the open and closed positions.

Modular aircraft window unit including a roman shade having scissored

Modular aircraft window unit

An aircraft window assembly for installing into the interior of an aircraft. The aircraft window assembly includes a reveal with a circular window opening defined by an inner perimeter. There is a collapsible shade with an upper end and lower end for attachment to the reveal. Side rails on the reveal engage the side of the shade. A circular inner lens has an inner and outer surface dimensioned to fit over the inner perimeter of the reveal and contains a handle on the inner surface of the inner lens for rotating the inner lens in a circular motion. A shade rail is mounted to the lower end of the shade and structure is provided to engage the shade rail to the outer surface of the inner lens so that when the handle of the inner lens is moved in a rotating manner, the shade moves between an open and closed position.

Aircraft window assembly having a circular, rotatable lens

An aircraft window shade speed control system which allows the coordination of window shade movement speed throughout an aircraft using a single set-point device for each window shade. Each window shade is moved by an electric motor, and its travel is limited by upper and lower limit switches. Voltage is applied to each motor by a motor control module that is relatively insensitive to variations in aircraft electric buss voltage and motor current requirements. A remote operation switch allows the pilot of the aircraft to open or close all window shades in the aircraft simultaneously, and to be assured of their ultimate position by observing only the window nearest his own position.

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San Antonio, TX, United States of America

Eduardo Sanz