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Aircraft having an illumination device

US7896530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

Tilo Budinger · Hamburg, DE
Carsten Vogel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2008
Grant date	Mar 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B45/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination device and an aircraft having an illumination device which by a corresponding selection of the wavelength and of the irradiation angle prevents a person situated in the aircraft from becoming tired. The illumination device is arranged in an aircraft such that light given off by the illumination device can be irradiated onto the retinohypothalamic tract of a person who is present in the aircraft in a predetermined position, and the illumination device is designed to give off light at a predetermined wavelength, which light achieves the desired effect.

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