US 12,345,401 B2
Smart landing light deicing using advanced transparent metal mesh conductor
Sreekanth Koti Ananda Rao, Bangalore (IN); Petchi Subramanian, Bangalore (IN); Chana Kesava Reddy, Bengaluru (IN); and Ashish Kumar Agarwal, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,175.
Claims priority of application No. 202241001235 (IN), filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220983 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 29/90 (2015.01); B64D 15/12 (2006.01); B64D 47/04 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 29/90 (2015.01) [B64D 15/12 (2013.01); B64D 47/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft landing light system, the system comprising:
a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to send a first signal;
a deicing control unit coupled to the temperature sensor, wherein the deicing control unit is configured to receive the first signal from the temperature sensor; and
a landing light, wherein the landing light further comprises:
a housing having an outer ring;
a lens, wherein the lens is enclosed by the outer ring of the housing; and
a nano-metal mesh coupled to the lens and comprising a plurality of wires arranged in a grid and fixed within a thin film, wherein the plurality of wires defines a plurality of pores each having a cross-section length of less than 5 micrometers, wherein the nano-metal mesh is coupled to the deicing control unit, wherein the nano-metal mesh is configured to heat the lens.