US 9,868,547 B2Granted

Lighting unit for an aircraft interior

AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH

InventorsDetlef Heym, Günter Schmitz

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Abstract

The disclosure relates to a lighting unit for an aircraft interior having a floor with a baseplate fastenable to structure of the aircraft, and having a receiving region that faces away from the structure in a fastened state. An OLED light source having one or more OLEDs is arranged in the receiving region. The lighting unit also has a lens arranged on a side of the OLED light source facing away from the baseplate, and a frame mechanically retained in the receiving region by plug contacts such that the OLED light source and the lens are fastened in the receiving region. The plug contacts include electrical and mechanical contacts, wherein the OLEDs are supplied with electricity by at least one controllable driver, and wherein the contacts supply electricity to the OLED light source.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A lighting unit for an aircraft interior having a floor, comprising:

a baseplate configured to be fastened to structure of the aircraft, the baseplate having a receiving region, which faces away from the structure of the aircraft in a fastened state;
an OLED light source arranged in the receiving region, the OLED light source comprising one or more OLEDs;
a lens arranged on a side of the OLED light source that faces away from the baseplate;
and
a frame mechanically retained in the receiving region of the baseplate by plug contacts such that the OLED light source and the lens are positively fastened in the receiving region of the baseplate, the plug contacts comprising electrical and mechanical contacts;
wherein the one or more OLEDs are each supplied with electricity by at least one controllable driver;
and
wherein the electrical contacts are configured to supply electricity to the OLED light source.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/381,363Filed 16 Dec 2016
Priority: DE 20 2015 106 937 U18 Dec 2015
Published: US 2017/0174360 A122 Jun 2017
Granted: 16 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B64D 47/02
Equipment not otherwise provided for: arrangements or adaptations of signal or lighting devices
B64D 11/00
Passenger or crew accommodation
B64D 2011/0038
Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for: illumination systems for cabins as a whole
B64D 2203/00
Aircraft or airfield lights using leds