Patent ID: 9169686
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B64C,E06B

Abstract:
1. A window assembly comprising: a window pane having opposed top and bottom surfaces and an outer periphery; and a flexure ring defining a ring axis and mounted to the outer periphery of the window pane for providing the window pane with substantial isolation from vehicle induced loads, wherein the flexure ring includes a continuous portion and a segmented portion defining a plurality of circumferential segments, wherein the continuous portion is connected to each circumferential segment by a respective a neck, wherein each neck extends from the continuous portion in a substantially axial direction with respect to the ring axis to a respective one of the circumferential segments, wherein a circumferential dimension of each neck is less than a circumferential dimension of its respective circumferential segment, and wherein each circumferential segment extends away from and is aligned with the continuous portion in an axial direction parallel to the ring axis.