US 12,072,078 B2
Protective cover for a fuselage-mounted exterior aircraft light and exterior aircraft light
Anil Kumar Jha, Lippstadt (DE); Andre Hessling-von Heimendahl, Koblenz (DE); Christian Schön, Dortmund (DE); and Christo Tsibadze, Lippstadt (DE)
Assigned to GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/452,001.
Claims priority of application No. 22191038 (EP), filed on Aug. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0060626 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 15/01 (2006.01); B64D 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 15/01 (2013.01) [B64D 47/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective cover for a fuselage-mounted exterior aircraft light, the protective cover comprising:
a fuselage-facing mounting side for mounting the protective cover to an exterior aircraft light housing or to an exterior skin of an aircraft;
a light transmissive forward facing light emission surface; and
an air deflection zone, which is shaped to direct a portion of an impinging air stream (A) along and over the forward facing light emission surface for shielding the forward facing light emission surface from the impinging air stream (A).