Patent ID: 11957804
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  F

Claim 0:
1. A UV-C lighting system comprising: a plurality of housings, wherein each housing comprises a central space and first through fourth channels which intersect the central space; a plurality of side-emitting optical fibers, wherein each side-emitting optical fiber comprises a first end section terminating at a first end face configured to receive UV-C light, a second end section terminating at a second end face configured to receive UV-C light, and a side configured to side emit UV-C light received by either of the first and second end faces; a plurality of UV-C laser light sources, wherein each UV-C laser light source is configured to emit UV-C laser light and housed in a respective housing; a plurality of windows, wherein each window is optically transparent and supported by a respective housing, wherein the first and second channels of each housing are co-axial with each other along a first axis, configured to receive UV-C light and the third and fourth channels of each housing are co-axial with each other along a second axis which is disposed perpendicular to the first axis; wherein the first end section of one side-emitting optical fiber of the plurality of side-emitting optical fibers is disposed in the first channel of one housing of the plurality of housings, the second end section of a not her side-emitting optical fiber of the plurality of side-emitting optical fibers is disposed in the second channel of the one housing, one UV-laser light source of the plurality of UV-C laser light sources is disposed in the central space of the one housing, and one window of the plurality of windows is disposed in the fourth channel of the one housing, wherein the one UV-C laser light source is configured to emit first UV-C laser light that impinges on the first end face of the one side-emitting optical fiber and second UV-C laser light that impinges on the second end face of the another side-emitting optical fiber, and wherein the one window is configured to transmit impinging third UV-C laser light emitted by the one UV-C laser light source.