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Area light integrated in a cabin furnishing element

US11104271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Zodiac Cabin Controls GmbH · DE

Inventors

Volker Antonczyk · Hamburg, DE
Birger Timm · Hamburg, DE
Lutz Neumann · Neufahrn, DE
Henrik Heine · Hamburg, DE
Edwin van der Perk · Nortorf, DE
Hermann Schotte · Buxtehude, DE
Rincke Bleicken · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2018
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D2011/0053
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cabin furnishing element (100) for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel (102) having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface (106) having an illumination zone (110), and defines a lighting recess (112) within the panel body relative to the illumination surface (106). The panel (102) also includes a lighting system (104) having a light source assembly (120) and a light guide (122). The light source assembly (120) and light guide (122) are retained within the lighting recess (112) defined by the panel body. The lighting system (104) is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone (110).

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