IP Library Granted Patent US 10,435,174
Granted Patent B2
US 10,435,174 · App. 14/844,987 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Optical device for lighting and/or signaling light for aircraft and light comprising such an optical device

Inventors: Christian Tsao (Rosny sous Bois, FR); Maxime De Truchis (Paris, FR)
Assignee: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
B64D47/02B64D47/04F21V5/04F21V7/0091G02B19/0028G02B19/0061F21V13/04
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Patent No.
US 10,435,174
App. No.
14/844,987
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This optical device for lighting and/or signaling system comprises a set of at least one collimator ( 10 ) each comprising a light ray input surface ( 13 ) refracting the light, a collimated light beam output surface ( 17 ) and a reflecting surface ( 16 ) intended to reflect light beams refracted by the input surface and suitable for reflecting the rays in parallel directions. The input surface ( 13 ) comprises a set of surfaces (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ) refracting the light that are juxtaposed and suitable for directing the rays from the source towards the reflecting surface.

Claims (8)

1. Optical device for lighting and/or signaling system, comprising a set of three collimators ( 10 ) each comprising a light ray input surface ( 13 ) configured to refract light rays, a collimated light beam output surface ( 17 ) and a reflecting surface ( 16 ) intended to reflect light rays refracted by the light ray input surface and suitable for reflecting the light rays in parallel directions, characterized in that the light ray input surface ( 13 ) comprises a set of three surfaces (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ) refracting the light rays, juxtaposed and suitable for directing the light rays from a light source to the reflecting surface, the set of three collimators are defined by a single moulded piece, in that the light ray input surface ( 13 ) comprises a set of globally tapered coaxial surfaces juxtaposed along a general optical axis of the optical device, wherein a generatrix of each surface of the set of three surfaces (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ) is concave, with concavity turned alternately towards the reflecting surface and towards a housing for receiving the light source, and in that the collimated light beam output surface includes striations that are irregularly distributed according to their position on the collimated light beam output surface and are closer to one another at a periphery of the collimated light beam output surface than at a center portion of the collimated light beam output surface.

2. Optical device according to claim 1 , in which the generatrices comprise at least one form chosen from a parabola, a circle or a hyperbola.

3. Optical device according to claim 1 , in which the reflecting surface ( 16 ) is parabolic.

4. Optical device according to claim 1 , in which the reflecting surface ( 16 ) comprises a set of juxtaposed globally tapered coaxial surfaces.

5. Optical device according to claim 1 , in which the light ray input surface ( 13 ) comprises a circular transverse input surface ( 15 ).

6. Optical device according to claim 5 , in which a diameter of the circular transverse input surface is smaller than a diameter of the base of the reflecting surface from which the input surface refracting the light rays extends.

7. Optical device according to claim 5 , in which the light ray input surface constitutes a dioptre.

8. Lighting and/or signaling light for aircraft comprising one or more optical devices according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 13, 2026
From: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
To: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
Reel/Frame 075645/0681 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
To: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
Reel/Frame 055177/0037 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2016
From: TSAO, CHRISTIAN; DE TRUCHIS, MAXIME
To: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
Reel/Frame 038477/0273 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 58221 · Sep 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160068276A1 · Mar 10, 2016