Systems and methods for aircraft braking signal
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsRebecca Stoner, Andre Hessling von Heimendahl, Todd Knight
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Abstract
An exterior lamp for an aircraft may comprise a housing, a navigation light disposed within the housing, and a brake light disposed within the housing, wherein the brake light is configured to illuminate in response to a brake signal. The exterior lamp may include a controller disposed within the housing, and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving a brake signal and illuminating the brake light in response to a brake signal.
Claims20
An aircraft brake signal lamp, comprising:
- a housing;
- a navigation light disposed within the housing;
- and
- a brake light disposed within the housing, wherein the brake light is configured to illuminate in response to a brake signal.
An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, an encoded external signal;
- decoding, by the processor, the encoded external signal to generate a brake signal;
- and
- illuminating, by the processor, a brake light in response to the brake signal.
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- an empennage;
- and
- aircraft brake signal lamp coupled to one of the fuselage or the empennage, comprising:
- a housing;
- a navigation light disposed within the housing;
- a brake light disposed within the housing;
- a controller;
- a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the controller, a brake signal;
- and
- illuminating, by the controller, the brake light in response to the brake signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.