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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Sunit Kumar Saxena, Bangalore, IN;

Anita Sure, Bangalore, IN;

Gowtham Vankayala, Bangalore, IN;

William Tyson, III, Plain City, OH (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC, Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/16 (2018.01); F21S 41/176 (2018.01); F21S 43/16 (2018.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21S 41/24 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/247 (2018.01); B64D 47/06 (2006.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21W 107/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/16 (2018.01); B64D 47/06 (2013.01); F21S 41/176 (2018.01); F21S 41/24 (2018.01); F21S 43/16 (2018.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/247 (2018.01); F21V 23/04 (2013.01); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01); F21W 2107/30 (2018.01);
Abstract

Provided systems and methods for an aircraft lighting system (ALS) include a centralized blue generator that supplies blue light to a plurality (N) of passive light-heads distributed at various locations on the aircraft. A load profile for use of the N passive light-heads during all flight phases and operational phases is developed and uploaded into the system. Each of the passive light-heads is operationally coupled to the blue light generator via a respective light transmission element that is gated with a respective one of N light switches. A light generating control unit (LGCU) is coupled to the blue light generator, and controls the generation and actuation of blue light, in addition to controlling light switch positions, as a function of navigation data and the load profile. Each of the N passive light-heads comprises a respective light conversion element to convert the blue light into red, green, or white light.


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