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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh & Co. KG, Lippstadt, DE;
Anil Kumar Jha, Lippstadt, DE;
Robert Trinschek, Hamm, DE;
Jens Leuschner, Möhnesee, DE;
John D. Edquist, Milwaukee, WI (US);
GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
An exterior aircraft light that can be used on an aircraft includes a dome-shaped light transmissive cover, a light emission assembly, and an interface assembly. The light emission assembly comprises a light emission tower portion, having a cover-facing end and an opposite aircraft-facing end and having a hollow channel extending between the aircraft-facing end and the cover-facing end, a platform portion, and at least one light source and at least one optical element, arranged on the platform portion. The interface assembly extends through the hollow channel of the light emission tower portion and comprises an elevated base, which is configured for mechanically supporting and electrically connecting an electric component, the electric component being at least one of a data reception component, a data transmission component, and a data generation component. The interface assembly further comprises at least one signal line, which extends from the elevated base through the interface assembly.