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US 2021/0061168 A1Published application
Integrated Sidewall Light
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRandy C. Camp
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for conditioning or blending light for increasing the uniformity of light distribution and light wavelength customization, and light arrays integrated into structural and non-structural assemblies and sub-assemblies in cabin interiors.
Claims26
A window assembly comprising:
- a window panel having a window panel thickness (t), said window panel comprising:
- a window panel first side;
- a window panel second side;
- a through opening through the window panel thickness (t) of the window panel, said through opening extending from said window panel first side to said window panel second side, said window panel second side comprising a window panel second side surface;
- a light array, said light array configured to be integrated into the window panel, said light array comprising:
- a first enclosure configured to enclose the light array,
- said first enclosure oriented on the window panel first side, said first enclosure comprising:
- at least one light source cluster, said light source cluster in communication with an electrical source;
- a light conditioning optical array configured to blend light emitted from the light source cluster, said light conditioning optical array in communication with the light source cluster;
- a second enclosure oriented on the window panel second side, said second enclosure comprising:
- a lens configured to receive light emitted from the light conditioning optical array, said lens further configured to re-direct light received from the light conditioning optical array out from the second enclosure;
- wherein the light array is integrated into the window panel before the light array is assembled into a window assembly;
- and
- wherein the light array is configured to direct light from the second enclosure to the window panel second side surface to primarily illuminate at least a portion of the window panel second side surface.
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A cabin comprising:
- a window panel, said window panel having a window panel thickness (t), said window panel comprising:
- a window panel first side;
- a window panel second side;
- a through opening through the window panel thickness (t), said through opening extending from said window panel first side to said window panel second side;
- a light array, said light array configured to be integrated into the window panel, said light array comprising:
- a first enclosure configured to enclose the light array, said first enclosure oriented on the window panel first side, said first enclosure comprising:
- at least one light source cluster, said light source cluster in communication with an electrical source;
- a light conditioning optical array configured to blend light emitted from the light source cluster, said light conditioning optical array in communication with the light source cluster;
- a second enclosure oriented on the window panel second side, said second enclosure comprising:
- a lens configured to receive light emitted from the light conditioning optical array, said lens further configured to re-direct light received from the light conditioning optical array out from the second enclosure;
- wherein the light array is integrated into the window panel before the window panel is assembled into a window assembly;
- and
- wherein the light array is configured to direct light from the second enclosure to the window panel second side surface to primarily illuminate at least a portion of the window panel second side surface.
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A method for illuminating a window assembly interior surface, the method comprising:
- activating a lighting source, said lighting source configured to be integrated into a window panel assembly, said window panel comprising a window assembly interior surface, said window panel assembly further comprising:
- a window panel having a window panel thickness (t), said window panel comprising:
- a window panel first side;
- a window panel second side;
- a through opening through the window panel thickness (t), said through opening extending from said panel first side to said window panel second side;
- a light array, said light array configured to be integrated into the window panel, said light array comprising:
- a first enclosure oriented on the window panel first side, said first enclosure comprising:
- at least one light source cluster positioned in the first enclosure, said light source cluster comprising a plurality of individual light sources, said individual light sources emitting different wavelengths of visible light, said light source cluster in communication with an electrical source;
- a light conditioning optical array configured to blend light emitted from the light source cluster, said light conditioning optical array in communication with the light source cluster;
- a second enclosure oriented on the window panel second side, said second enclosure comprising:
- a directional optical array configured to receive emitted light from the light conditioning optical array and re-direct emitted light received from the light conditioning optical array out of the second enclosure and into an environment;
- emitting light from the light source cluster;
- selectively blending the individual light sources in the light conditioning optical array to obtain a predetermined blended wavelength of visible light;
- and
- directing the predetermined blended wavelength of visible light from the light array to the window assembly interior surface;
- and
- substantially uniformly illuminating the window assembly interior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.