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Granted Patent B2
US 10,053,214 · App. 15/080,703 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Layer material for arranging on a rotor blade tip of a helicopter, helicopter light system, and helicopter comprising the same

Inventors: Christian Schoen (Mainz, DE); Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl (Koblenz, DE)
Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
B64C27/463B64D47/04B64D47/06F21V7/22F21V9/30Y02T50/53
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Patent No.
US 10,053,214
App. No.
15/080,703
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a layer material configured to be arranged on a rotor blade tip of a helicopter comprises at least one light emitting or reflecting section that emits or reflects light after being exposed to a remote light source. The light source can be arranged on the body of the helicopter.

Claims (34)

1. A helicopter rotor blade comprising:

a rotor blade tip; and

a layer material arranged on the rotor blade tip that includes at least one light reflecting section that reflects light directed onto the layer material by a remote light source,

wherein the at least one light reflecting section comprises at least one of, or a combination of, a diffusely reflecting section and a reflex-reflector section,

wherein the layer material is integrated into the rotor blade tip in a glass-fiber housing.

2. The rotor blade of claim 1 , wherein the layer material comprises at least one light emitting section comprising at least one of a phosphorescent material and a fluorescent material.

3. A helicopter light system for arranging on a helicopter, comprising:

at least one layer material configured to be arranged on a side of a rotor blade tip of the helicopter facing the helicopter body, and

at least one light source that is configured to be arranged on the helicopter body and to direct light onto the layer material for reflecting visible light by the at least one layer material during rotation of the rotor blade of the helicopter,

wherein the at least one layer material is embedded in a glass-fiber housing on the rotor blade tip.

4. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one layer material and the at least one light source are configured to generate a minimum illuminance emitted by the at least one layer material in a range of 40 to 200 lx, or a minimum luminance of the at least one layer material in a range of 40 to 200 cd/m 2 .

5. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one light source comprises at least one first light source configured to be arranged on one of a helicopter main frame and tail of the helicopter body and to emit white light.

6. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one light source comprises at least one second light source and third light source,

the at least one second light source is configured to be arranged at a left side of the helicopter body and to emit red light, and

the at least one third light source is configured to be arranged at a right side of the helicopter body and to emit green light.

7. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises at least one of, or a combination of, a diffusely reflecting section and a reflex-reflector section.

8. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises the form of a strip.

9. The helicopter light system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises at least one light emitting section comprising at least one of a phosphorescent material and a fluorescent material.

10. A helicopter light system for arranging on a helicopter, comprising:

at least one layer material configured to be arranged on a side of a rotor blade tip of the helicopter facing the helicopter body, and

at least one light source that is configured to be arranged on the helicopter body and to direct light onto the layer material for emitting visible light by the at least one layer material during rotation of the rotor blade of the helicopter.

11. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material and the at least one light source are configured to generate a minimum illuminance emitted by the at least one layer material in a range of 40 to 200 lx, or a minimum luminance of the at least one layer material in a range of 40 to 200 cd/m 2 .

12. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one light source comprises at least one first light source configured to be arranged on one of a helicopter main frame and tail of the helicopter body and to emit white light.

13. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein

the at least one light source comprises at least one second light source and third light source,

the at least one second light source is configured to be arranged at a left side of the helicopter body and to emit red light, and

the at least one third light source is configured to be arranged at a right side of the helicopter body and to emit green light.

14. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises at least one of a phosphorescent material and a fluorescent material.

15. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises a phosphorescent material that comprises a light emission half-life of approximately lower than 1 minute.

16. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises the form of a strip.

17. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material is embedded in a glass-fiber housing on the rotor blade tip.

18. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises at least one light reflecting section that reflects light directed onto the at least one layer material by the at least one light source.

19. The helicopter light system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one layer material comprises a phosphorescent material that comprises a light emission half-life of approximately lower than 1 second.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: SCHOEN, CHRISTIAN; HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, ANDRE
To: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 038753/0629 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15161373 · Mar 27, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160280368A1 · Sep 29, 2016
Cited By (1)
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