US 12,078,326 B2
Aircraft light with support board and kinematic coupling fixture and aircraft comprising the same
Thomas Ebbers, Bad Wünnenberg (DE); Lars Christian Schröder, Bielefeld (DE); and Markus Katzenmayer, Lippstadt (DE)
Assigned to GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,465.
Claims priority of application No. 22157469 (EP), filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0265996 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 21/14 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/04 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 21/14 (2013.01) [B64D 11/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/04 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0038 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0053 (2013.01); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft light comprising:
a support board;
a light source, arranged on the support board;
an optical element, arranged over the light source; and
a kinematic coupling fixture establishing a fixed position of the optical element with respect to the support board
wherein the kinematic coupling fixture comprises:
three constraint shoes arranged on the support board, each of the three constraint shoes comprises a v-shaped groove; and
three coupling legs, each coupling leg extending from the optical element and being in engagement with a respective one of the three constraint shoes.