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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
Michael Lau, Dollern, DE;
Sven Schaich, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A passenger cabin window, especially in a commercial passenger transport aircraft, includes an outer window pane and an inner window pane with an interspace formed therebetween, and a frame around the perimeter of the window interspace. The frame has a funnel-like shape that expands or enlarges from the smaller dimensions of the outerpane to the larger dimensions of the inner pane. At least a visible portion of the frame bounding the window interspace is provided with a mirror reflective surface and particularly a reflective coating thereon. The reflective surface reflects the outside scene, so that the window frame with the reflective surface appears to be a part of the outside view, to a passenger looking out of the window. This visually enlarges the window opening and visually reduces the structural thickness of the fuselage wall, thereby avoiding a closed-in feeling and a tunnel-vision-effect through the window funnel.