A RESIN INFUSED TRANSPARENT SKIN PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

Title:

A RESIN INFUSED TRANSPARENT SKIN PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2005056383

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A transparent skin panel for use in a mobile platform having a plurality of metal sheets (26). A fiber reinforced resin (36) at least partially surrounds the plurality of metal sheets (26). The fiber reinforced resin (36) is transparent. A cutout (32) is formed within each of the plurality of metal sheets (26), which is filled by the transparent resin (36) during the manufacturing process. The cutout (32) corresponds to a window (16) in the transparent skin panel (10). The transparent skin panel thus eliminates the need for a bulky and heavy frame structure that has traditionally been employed on aircraft, and which has heretofore limited the size of windows used on an aircraft. The present invention thus enables larger windows to be incorporated on aircraft without increasing the weight or cost associated with such windows.

Inventors:

ALBERS ROBERT G (US)
NORDMAN PAUL S (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2004/028549

Publication Date:

December 08, 2005

Filing Date:

September 02, 2004

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

BOEING CO (US)
ALBERS ROBERT G (US)
NORDMAN PAUL S (US)

International Classes:

B29C70/08; B29C70/34; B29C70/88; B32B3/24; B32B15/14; B64C1/12; B64C1/14; (IPC1-7): B64C1/12; B64C1/14; B32B15/14; B29C70/08; B29C70/34; B29C70/88

Domestic Patent References:

WO2000020275A2

2000-04-13

Foreign References:

US5951800A	1999-09-14
US20030080251A1	2003-05-01

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