WINDOW OF AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD FOR WINDOW OF AIRCRAFT

• US 20140319277A1
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yokoi, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,598,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/129.3
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1484 Windows B64C1/1492 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1492 Structure and mounting of the transparent elements in the window or windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0005 Shielded windows
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

Abstract

To easily and inexpensively provide a window of an aircraft having sufficient electromagnetic shielding performance and environment-resistant sealing performance, an aircraft, and an assembly method for a window of an aircraft. A conductive seal member 60 is sandwiched between a conductive film 41 and an outer retainer 22. In the conductive seal member 60, thin wire-like materials 62 made of a conductive material such as aluminum are embedded in a seal member body 61 made of a material, such as silicone rubber, having an electric insulating property, waterproofness and pliability. An electromagnetic shielding effect, and environment-resistant sealing properties such as an electric insulating property and waterproofness can be both ensured by the conductive seal member 60.

Claims

1. A window of an aircraft with an electromagnetic shield, comprising:

a transparent window panel;

an inner retainer and an outer retainer that are provided on an outer peripheral portion of the window panel so as to sandwich the window panel therebetween;

an electromagnetic shielding film that is made of a conductive material;

a connecting film that is made of a conductive material, one end of the connecting film being connected to the electromagnetic shielding film; and

a conductive seal member that is provided so as to surround an outer peripheral side of the window panel, and sandwiched between another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer,

wherein the conductive seal member includes a seal member body and a conductive member,

the seal member body having an electric insulating property, and

the conductive member electrically connecting the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer.

2. The window of an aircraft according to claim 1, wherein in the conductive seal member, a wire-like material is embedded as the conductive member in the seal member body.

3. The window of an aircraft according to claim 2, wherein the wire-like material is deformable when the seal member body is compressed in a direction connecting the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer.

4. The window of an aircraft with an electromagnetic shield according to claim 1, wherein in the conductive seal member, a thickness in a non-compressed state is set to be larger than a thickness when the seal member body is compressed between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer.

5. The window of an aircraft with an electromagnetic shield according to claim 2, wherein in the conductive seal member, a thickness in a non-compressed state is set to be larger than a thickness when the seal member body is compressed between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer.

6. The window of an aircraft with an electromagnetic shield according to claim 3, wherein in the conductive seal member, a thickness in a non-compressed state is set to be larger than a thickness when the seal member body is compressed between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer.

7. An aircraft comprising the window of an aircraft according to claim 1.

8. An aircraft comprising the window of an aircraft according to claim 2.

9. An aircraft comprising the window of an aircraft according to claim 3.

10. An aircraft comprising the window of an aircraft according to claim 4.

11. An assembly method for the window of an aircraft according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

laminating the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film;

connecting the one end of the connecting film to the electromagnetic shielding film;

sandwiching the conductive seal member between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer; and

sandwiching the outer peripheral portions of the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film laminated together between the inner retainer and the outer retainer.

12. An assembly method for the window of an aircraft according to claim 2, comprising the steps of:

laminating the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film;

connecting the one end of the connecting film to the electromagnetic shielding film;

sandwiching the conductive seal member between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer; and

sandwiching the outer peripheral portions of the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film laminated together between the inner retainer and the outer retainer.

13. An assembly method for the window of an aircraft according to claim 3, comprising the steps of:

laminating the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film;

connecting the one end of the connecting film to the electromagnetic shielding film;

sandwiching the conductive seal member between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer; and

sandwiching the outer peripheral portions of the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film laminated together between the inner retainer and the outer retainer.

14. An assembly method for the window of an aircraft according to claim 4, comprising the steps of:

laminating the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film;

connecting the one end of the connecting film to the electromagnetic shielding film;

sandwiching the conductive seal member between the another end of the connecting film and the outer retainer; and

sandwiching the outer peripheral portions of the window panel and the electromagnetic shielding film laminated together between the inner retainer and the outer retainer.