The Boeing Company

Theboeing Company

Gregory W Nelson

Lon Eric Switzer

Bradley James Mitchell

Joseph A Marshall, Iv

Eric Eagon

Frank H Fash

Robert Dean Dixon

Brock J Prince

Fred P Seibert

James G Trimble

Scott Laverne

Carolina Aranda

Michael J Zizzo

Gennady V Shankov

Wall panel constructions are disclosed having visually detectable dimensional characteristic imparted to a panel exterior surface as a raised relief area by providing a cabin wall panel assembly with a panel insert having a dimensional characteristic interposed between a panel substrate and a deformable outer panel layer that is deformed under pressure to form the visually detectable raised relief area comprising the dimensional characteristic in the cabin panel exterior surface.

Raised decorative laminate panel and method

Vehicle cabin structures comprising vehicle structure panels with embedded or associated lighting for producing changing and visually detected illuminated images appearing within the vehicle structure panels are disclosed with methods of their manufacture.

Invisible lighted feature through a composite panel

A window assembly for a mobile platform, for example, a commercial aircraft. The window assembly includes a reveal member that is retained within an opening in an interior panel of the mobile platform without the use of independent retaining clips or adhesives. In one embodiment the reveal member is generally rectangular in shape and includes a flange adjacent to each of the four corners thereof. The flanges engage the opening in the structural panel so that the reveal member can be held in a precise position within the opening in the interior structural panel without external fastening clips or adhesives. The window assembly is lighter in weight than existing window assemblies, and can also be easily removed without special tools or disassembly procedures, and also is retrofittable to existing mobile platforms.

Window assembly and method for a mobile platform

A lighting panel capable of producing a 'Starry Sky' lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a first substrate, a plurality of microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate, a plurality of electrically conductive traces written on the upper surface of the first substrate so as to make electrical interconnections with respective leads of the light sources, a clear filler material surrounding each light source and tapering down to the upper surface of the first substrate so as to planarize it, and a flexible decorative film laminated over the upper surface of the first substrate and light sources, the decorative film containing a plurality of apertures therethrough, each corresponding in location to a respective light source.

Starry sky lighting panels

A lighting panel includes a structural panel, a plurality of inserts containing microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted in openings in the panel or in an appliqu&#xe9; applied thereto, a plurality of electrically conductive traces written on the upper surface of the panel so as to make electrical interconnections with respective leads of the light sources, and a decorative film applied over a bottom surface of the panel and the light sources, the decorative film being translucent or transparent or containing a plurality of apertures therethrough, each corresponding in location to a respective one of the light sources.

Lighting panels including embedded illumination devices and methods of making such panels

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Everett, WA, United States of America

Gregory W Nelson