Aeronautic ground light fixture with RF antenna
AssigneeADB Safegate BV
InventorsChris De Vos, André Jelu, Martin Le Roux
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Abstract
An aeronautic ground light fixture (60) comprises a light source arranged in a housing and a directional radio frequency antenna (19). The housing comprises a body part (62) made of an electrically conductive material and having an outer surface (620). A recess (67) is arranged in the body part and the antenna is arranged in the recess. The antenna is a planar antenna having a plane arranged inclined with respect to a mounting plane (64) defined by a circumferential edge (623) of the body part, at an angle between 5° and 45° from the mounting plane, measured in a plane that is perpendicular to a local tangent to the circumferential edge.
Claims20
Aeronautic ground light fixture, comprising:
- a light source,
- a housing, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing,
- a first antenna configured to one of a group consisting of emit, receive, and both emit and receive radio frequency signals,
- wherein the housing comprises a body part made of an electrically conductive material, wherein the body part has an outer surface,
- a first recess having a first opening in the outer surface and a bottom opposite the first opening,
- wherein the first antenna is a planar directional antenna and is arranged in the first recess,
- wherein a plane of the first antenna is arranged inclined with respect to a mounting plane defined by a circumferential edge of the body part, at an angle between 5° and 45° from the mounting plane, measured in a plane that is perpendicular to a local tangent to the circumferential edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.