US 12,214,859 B1
Electrically operated window shade assembly for an aircraft window having opaque and translucent shades
Francisco Diaz, Lake Worth, FL (US); Anwar Riyad Khalid, Atlanta, GA (US); Josef Menashe, Boca Raton, FL (US); Mario Ceste, Boca Raton, FL (US); Pooneh Roozbeh Javan, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Carolyn Engert, Boynton Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/740,102.
Application 18/740,102 is a continuation of application No. 18/125,337, filed on Mar. 23, 2023, granted, now 12,017,749.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,866, filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/395,392, filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/1492 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric aircraft window shade system, comprising:
a frame configured to mount on an outer surface at an outer side of an inner wall of an aircraft at a window opening, the inner wall having an inner side opposite the outer side, wherein no portion of the frame is positioned on the inner side of the inner wall; and
a cassette configured to mount in the frame by being inserted through the window opening into the frame, the cassette having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, the cassette further having a shade element that is moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and a motor to drive the shade element between the raised position and lowered position.