The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite aircraft window frame; the method comprises the steps of: a) positioning in a mold a preform made of pre-impregnated material including dispersed fibers, with a predefined orientation, in a thermosetting resin matrix; b) closing the mold so as to define a gap between at least one surface of said preform and a portion of said mold; c) injecting thermosetting resin into the closed mold through an inlet opening of the mold itself, so as to fill the gap and completely lap said surface of the preform; and d) applying a uniform hydrostatic pressure on the surface by the injection of the resin.

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 pane assembly (2) for a window (8) arranged in the outer wall (4) of an aircraft (6) in a window plane (10) contains a transparent cover pane (12) in a cover plane (14), a switching film (16) in a scattering plane (18), which is switchable between a transparent state (ZT) and a diffuse state (ZD), a luminous film (20) in a light plane (22) having LEDs (24), wherein a spacing (A) between each two LEDs (24) in relation to one another is at least five times their transverse extension (Q), wherein the pane assembly (2) is arranged in front of the window (8) in an installed state (M), so that scattering plane (18), light plane (22), and window plane (10) extend in parallel to one another and the luminous film (20) is arranged between the window (8) and the switching film (16), and window (8), switching film (16), and luminous film (20) are located aligned one behind another on the line of sight (26). A window assembly (40) contains the window (8) and the pane assembly (2) arranged in front of it in the installed state (M).

A window for an aircraft fuselage includes a transparent display for transmitting information to the passenger. The transparent display has a controllable data transmission circuit for varying the light transmission through pixels in the thin film transparent display. Natural light through the window acts as a backlight for the thin film transparent display.

A window operable to separate an interior from an exterior is disclosed. The window comprises a pressure pane and an anti-condensation assembly. The anti-condensation assembly is disposed in an interior direction relative the pressure pane. Further, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a substantially transparent substrate disposed in a spaced apart relationship relative the pressure pane. Additionally, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a resistively heatable layer associated with the first substrate. The resistively heatable layer is operable to generate heat when an electrical current is applied thereto. Accordingly, application of power to the resistively heatable layer may serve to reduce or eliminate the presence of visible condensation in the window.

A laminated glass for implementing HUD function, the laminated glass including an outer glass layer; an inner glass layer; a PVB film located between the outer glass layer and the inner glass layer; wherein the PVB film is of a uniform thickness, the laminated glass further includes a reflection film.

Method, system and apparatus are provided for smart window activation to prevent laser disturbance. The apparatus may include a window formed of smart glass capable of being activated in discrete sections to be impenetrable to laser light and having a smart glass activation system. A sensor arrangement may detect laser light impacting on the window and may provide data as to the position of the impact on the window. A computer-implemented window protection system may receive input regarding detecting a laser beam impacting a window from the sensor arrangement, determine the position of the laser beam impact on the window and determine a section of the window in which the smart glass is to be activated, and control activation of the smart glass in the section of the window to make the section impenetrable to laser light by instructing the smart glass activation system.

An assembly of a laminated glazed unit and the peripheral seal thereof, the laminated glazed unit including a transparent structural block, the peripheral seal having a first spacer part between the external surface of the structural block and a windowpane retainer, and a second spacer part between the internal surface of the structural block and the mounting structure, at least one of the contact surface between the first spacer part and the windowpane retainer and/or between the second spacer part and the mounting structure approaching the structural block, from the edge of the latter to the central part thereof; and the application of this assembly to a clamped glazed unit in the field of aeronautics or railways.

A laminated glazing includes a first and a second glass sheet that are bonded by a first interlayer adhesive layer, a peripheral zone of the laminated glazing being covered by a stepped metal element, a window press that is rigidly connected to the structure for mounting the laminated glazing making contact with the laminated glazing, so as to hold the laminated glazing secure to its mounting structure, an electrical conductor linking the stepped metal element and the structure for mounting the laminated glazing by way of the window press.

An aeronautical glazing unit includes at least one sheet of modified acrylic, wherein the sheet is combined with at least one other sheet of modified acrylic, and/or at least one sheet of cast poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and/or at least one sheet of another transparent polymer such as polycarbonate (PC), and/or at least one sheet of glass in particular that is chemically strengthened, as a laminated and/or multiple glazing unit.