The Boeing Company

Lon Eric Switzer

Gregory W Nelson

Karen Lee Hills

Paul Joseph Wilcynski

Frank H Fash

Eric Eagon

Morteza Safai

Sahrudine Apdalhaliem

Tuan Nguyen

Kimberly Dawn Meredith

Thomas Seth Perkins

Robert Dean Dixon

Nicholas J Lewis

Fred P Siebert

James G Trimble

Elliot L Howell

Carolina Aranda

Fred P Seibert

Scott Laverne

Michael J Zizzo

Scott A Langdon

Gennady V Shankov

Tuan D Nguyen

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

A method of forming a composite panel includes providing an initial composite material, heating the initial composite material, molding the initial composite material to form a preliminary composite panel having a main body connected to an outer edge and a laminate layer secured to the outer edge, and folding an exterior edge portion of the outer edge over an interior edge portion to provide an external folded edge having the laminate layer on at least a portion of an outer surface.

Composite panels

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

Methods for forming composite panels

A composite panel assembly and method of forming the same includes a core, an inner skin coupled to a first side of the core, and an outer skin coupled to a second side of the core. A peripheral edge including portions of the core, the inner skin, and the outer skin, is compressed to close a path into the core.

Composite panel systems and methods

A window assembly for use in a vehicle including a window frame including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an opaque shade movable relative to the window frame, wherein the opaque shade includes a first tab formed at a bottom end of the opaque shade. A transparent shade is movable relative to the window frame, wherein the transparent shade includes a second tab formed at a bottom end of the transparent shade. The first tab and the second tab are configured for selective integration with each other to enable dependent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade with each other, and to enable independent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade relative to each other.

Window assembly for use in a vehicle

A window assembly for use in a vehicle that includes a window frame including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first frictional slide track, a second frictional slide track, an opaque shade selectively movable within the first frictional slide track, and a transparent shade selectively movable within the second frictional slide track. The first frictional slide track and the second frictional slide track are positioned such that the opaque shade and the transparent shade are both selectively retractable within, and selectively extendable from, the first end of the window frame.

A heated roller shade system is provided. The heated roller shade system includes a roller located in a cavity defined between an inner wall of a vehicle and an outer wall of the vehicle. The roller shade system also includes a shade coupled to the roller. The roller is configured to selectively move the shade between a deployed position and an open position. The roller shade system also includes a heating mechanism coupled to at least one of the roller and the shade. The heating mechanism facilitates increasing a temperature of at least one of the roller and the shade.

Retractable shade and method for assembling the same

A grille for a vehicle wall opening may comprise a frame, a pair of first louvers, and a second louver. The frame may be receivable on the vehicle wall in an installed position extending around the opening, and may have an inboard side and an outboard side. The pair of first louvers may be supported on the frame, and may be transversely inclined to an outboard direction at a first angle. The second louver may be located between the first louvers, fixed relative to the first louvers, and inclined to the outboard direction at a second angle different from the first angle.

Grille for vehicle wall opening

A mounting assembly for connecting a sidewall panel to a support structure may include a rail configured to connect to a sidewall panel, and a retainer bracket moveably connected to the rail, wherein the retainer bracket is configured to connect to a support structure.

Mounting assembly and method for connecting sidewall panels to a support structure

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.

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Marysville, WA, United States of America

Lon Eric Switzer