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Illumination system for passenger cabin illumination

US8267557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATION GMBH · DE

Inventors

Carsten Vogel · Hamburg, DE
Detlef Heym · Achim, DE
Tilo Budinger · Hamburg, DE
Stefan Schulz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2008
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D2011/0038
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A light module, a light-module carrier and an illumination system for an aircraft, which allow intelligent illumination and at the same time easy reconfiguration of cabin illumination. The light module provides information relating to its characteristics, while a control system determines a position of the light module on a light-module carrier, and on the basis of the determined position and of the characteristics of the light module adjusts the light module by way of a bus system of the light-module carrier according to a desired illumination.

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