UNITARY ONE-PIECE WINDSHIELD

摘要

A windshield for a pressurized aircraft includes a single transparent unit that functions structurally to allow pressurization of the aircraft and to support the aircraft's fuselage in response to external loads. The windshield also functions operationally to provide the pilot with an unobstructed field of vision through an extended arc of more than two hundred degrees. For its manufacture, layers of the transparent unit are respectively bent along a straight center line to establish two curved portions that are symmetrical relative to a common plane. The layers are then laminated.