IP Library Granted Patent US 7,300,186
Granted Patent B2
US 7,300,186 · App. 10/468,600 · Granted Nov 27, 2007

Blister lights used for signalling and/or marking purposes

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Patent No.
US 7,300,186
App. No.
10/468,600
Granted
Nov 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Blister lights are used for signaling and/or marking purposes. The blister lights include a housing which is embedded in a traffic area, e.g. a street, an airport runway for taking off and for landing, or the like. It further includes a housing cover by which means the housing embedded in the traffic area can be closed on its upper side, the cover being detachably connected to the housing and including at least one light outlet. It additionally includes an illuminating element which is arranged in the housing and by which the light can radiate through the light outlet of the housing cover. In order to enable the illuminating element to have higher current densities and thus to enable the blister lights to have a higher light output capacity, a thermoconducting bridge is formed between illuminating element and the housing cover. By this, the thermal energy produced by the illuminating element can be conducted to the housing cover From these, the thermal energy is guided to the traffic area via the housing which is embedded therein.

Claims (17)

1. A blister light, for at least one of signaling and marking purposes, comprising:

a housing, embeddable in a traffic area;

a housing cover, by which the housing is closable at its upper side, the cover being detachably connected to the housing and including at least one light exit opening;

a luminous device, arranged in the housing, adapted to emit light through the light exit opening in the housing cover; and

a thermoconducting bridge, formed between the luminous device and the housing cover, adapted to conduct thermal energy produced by the luminous device to the housing cover, wherein

the luminous device includes at least one power LED,

the at least one power LED is seated with its carrier plate on a base plate fitted on at least one cover inner part connected to an underside of the housing cover, and forms, with said cover inner part, the thermoconducting bridge to the housing, cover, and

each cover inner part bears against the base plate in two dimensions on one side, and against the underside of the housing cover in two dimensions on the other side.

2. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mutually assigned bearing surfaces on the side of the cover inner part and of the base plate, and the mutually assigned bearing surfaces on the side of the cover inner part and of the cover, are formed in a metallically smooth fashion.

3. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mutually assigned bearing surfaces, on the side of the cover and of the housing, are formed in a metallically smooth fashion.

4. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luminous device includes at most six power LEDs per light exit opening.

5. The blister light as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a collimator element is assigned to the at least one power LED.

6. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base plate is formed from a material having a high coefficient of thermal conductivity.

7. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate of the power LED is formed from a material having a high coefficient of thermal conductivity.

8. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one cover inner part is formed from a material having a high coefficient of thermal conductivity.

9. The blister light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base plate is connected to the underside of the housing cover via two cover inner parts, arranged on both sides of the carrier plate.

10. The blister light as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the two cover inner parts are arranged on the end sections of the base plate.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2018
From: ADB BVBA
To: BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV
Reel/Frame 046816/0560 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2017
From: ADB AIRFIELD SOLUTIONS LLC
To: ADB SAFEGATE AMERICAS LLC
Reel/Frame 044472/0459 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 17, 2017
From: ADB BVBA
To: ADB SAFEGATE BVBA
Reel/Frame 040987/0828 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2013
From: ADB BVBA
To: BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV
Reel/Frame 031061/0938 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: ADB NV
To: ADB BVBA
Reel/Frame 024539/0744 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2009
From: N.V. ADB S.A.
To: ADB NV
Reel/Frame 023538/0787 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2009
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: N.V. ADB S.A.
Reel/Frame 023003/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2004
From: CUYPERS, JAN; VANDEVOORDE, JEAN-CLAUDE
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 014951/0816 →