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Area light integrated in a cabin furnishing element

US11618375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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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 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2041

Classification

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

Abstract

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

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