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LED landing light arrangement for an aircraft

US8579480B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Benjamin Willeke · Paderborn, DE
Enrico Beier · Lippstadt, DE
Alexander Wernicke · Lippstadt, DE
Andre Hessling · Lippstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2011
Grant date	Nov 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D2203/00
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An LED landing light arrangement for an aircraft comprises a plurality of LED light sources (12,14,16) for arrangement on an aircraft (24), primarily on the wing roots (20), on the front edges of the wings (22) and/or on the landing gears (18). The LED light sources (12,14,16) are operative to generate, relative to the central axis of the aircraft (24), a light distribution (10) ahead of the aircraft (24) that is spread substantially in a Y-shaped configuration in an obliquely downward direction. The light distribution (10) comprises two converging lateral regions (34,36) arranged laterally ahead of the aircraft (24), and a central region (40) running from said converging lateral regions (34,36) along an extension of said central axis and oriented in a direction away from the aircraft (24).

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