Warning lamp for an aircraft

US8579479B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann · Buxtehude, DE
• Martin Griesbach · Unna, DE
• Bernhard Müller · Arnsberg, DE
• Sonja Ferling · Paderborn, DE
• Andre Hessling · Lippstadt, DE
• Sascha Lüder · Rietberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21Y2115/10
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The warning lamp for an aircraft is provided with a housing (10) which possesses a light permeable cover (12) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing is mounted on the aircraft, with a frontal cover area and a rear cover area, a mounting element (44) to fasten the cover to a lower part (14) of the housing (10), wherein one edge (41) of the cover (12) is covered by an edge of the mounting element (44) and protrudes from it, a lamp with at least one LED (42,46,58,60), which is arranged within an area that is covered by the cover (12), and a cooling body (18) for the at least one LED (42,46,58,60), wherein the cooling body (18) possesses a cooling surface (32) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing (10) is mounted on the aircraft. The frontal cover area is formed by a frontal cover element (22) which is made from a light permeable first material. The rear cover area is formed by a rear cover element (28), which is made from a light permeable second material. The cooling body (18), while separating the frontal cover element (22) from the rear cover element (28), is arranged between them, wherein its cooling surface (32) is a part of the external contour…