US 12,234,027 B2
Aircraft beacon light, aircraft with an aircraft beacon light and method of operating an aircraft beacon light
Marion Depta, Lippstadt (DE); Anil Kumar Jha, Lippstadt (DE); Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Koblenz (DE); and Jens Leuschner, Möhnesee (DE)
Assigned to GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/469,602.
Claims priority of application No. 22196328 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092502 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 47/06 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); F21V 3/00 (2015.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC B64D 47/06 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); F21V 3/00 (2013.01); B64D 2045/009 (2013.01); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft beacon light, comprising:
a plurality of primary light sources for emitting light into at least two spatial sectors, wherein the at least two spatial sectors include a forward sector and at least one of an aft sector, a starboard lateral sector, and a portside lateral sector; and
a light transmissive cover, which covers the plurality of primary light sources;
wherein the plurality of primary light sources are arranged and configured for providing an FAR-compliant aircraft beacon light output of the aircraft beacon light, in case of the light transmissive cover being in a non-eroded state;
wherein the aircraft beacon light further comprises:
at least one booster light source for selectively emitting a booster light output predominantly into the forward sector, in case of the light transmissive cover being in an eroded state, wherein the at least one booster light source is controllable independently of the plurality of primary light sources.