US 12,280,865 B2
Window roller shade and dimming pane
Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Peck, KS (US); and Joshua Lawrence Bell, Wichita, KS (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Textron Aviation Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/452,855.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/373,113, filed on Aug. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059392 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/1492 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A window roller shade and dimming pane assembly, comprising:
a rigid frame having a first side member on a first side and a second side member on a second side opposite the first side;
an outer pane and an inner pane within the rigid frame, wherein a gap exists between the outer pane and the inner pane;
a roller shade disposed at a top of the rigid frame, wherein the roller shade comprises a motor for rolling and unrolling the roller shade;
a first constant force spring rotatably coupled to a bottom portion of the first side member and fixedly coupled to a bottom of the roller shade;
a second constant force spring rotatably coupled to a bottom portion of the second side member and fixedly coupled to a bottom of the roller shade, wherein the first constant force spring and the second constant force spring are configured to pull the roller shade downwardly through the gap while the motor is unrolling the roller shade;
a dimming film disposed on the inner pane for dimming light through the inner pane; and
a window interface operatively coupled to the inner pane for receiving touch input for controlling the dimming film and the roller shade.