Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh

Franz-Josef Beermann

Anil Kumar Jha

Christian Schoen

Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl

Sascha Lueder

An aircraft beacon light unit has an operating light emission distribution. The operating light emission distribution has a first light emission opening angle of at least 150&#xb0; in a first cross-sectional plane, and a second light emission opening angle of at most 180&#xb0; in a second cross-sectional plane orthogonal to the first cross-sectional plane. The aircraft beacon light unit is configured in such a way that it is mountable to an aircraft with the first cross-sectional plane being oriented in a vertical direction and the second cross-sectional plane being oriented in a horizontal direction, and the first light emission opening angle extends at least 75&#xb0; both above and below the second cross-sectional plane.

Aircraft beacon light unit and set of aircraft beacon light units

An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, an LED arranged on the mounting structure, and an optical system, arranged on the mounting structure for creating an output light emission distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit. The optical system has, in a first cross-sectional plane extending through the LED, a first concave reflector and a second concave reflector, each of the first and second concave reflectors having a proximate end positioned adjacent to the mounting structure and a distal end positioned removed from the mounting structure, with the first and second concave reflectors being arranged on opposite sides of the LED in the first cross-sectional plane, and a refractive optical element arranged between the first and second concave reflectors in the first cross-sectional plane. The distal ends of both the first and second concave reflectors that curve towards each other and have back-tapered shapes.

Exterior aircraft light unit and aircraft comprising the same

An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, a plurality of first light sources arranged on the mounting structure, and a lens cover arranged over the plurality of first light sources, the lens cover having a convex shape at least in a first cross-sectional plane, wherein the plurality of first light sources are arranged in a curved pattern, with the curved pattern having the same direction of curvature as the convex shape of the lens cover in the first cross-sectional plane.

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Warstein-Belecke, Germany

Franz-Josef Beermann