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Reading lamp or spotlight

US8439533B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

2References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Detlef Heym · Achim, DE
Tilo Budinger · Hamburg, DE
Frank Gindele · Schweitenkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2010
Grant date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21Y2115/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reading device, such as a reading lamp or reading spotlight, is provided for use in a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle with immovable properties or ships. The reading device for example can be used in passenger cabins and/or cockpits of aircraft. The reading device includes, but is not limited to an LED light source with a color temperature that can be adjusted with the color “warm-white” to “cold-white”, a primary optics or lens advantageously designed as a converging lens, and a secondary optics or lens to focus the light emitted by the light source onto a surface, such as a reading plane to be illuminated.

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