Patent ID: 9392652
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B64D,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A lighting strip for an aircraft interior, comprising: a connection for a network voltage in the form of an alternating voltage from a power supply network, a rectifier for rectifying the network voltage into a power supply voltage, a circuit board, wherein the circuit board extends along a longitudinal extension of the lighting strip, a group of LEDs, wherein the LEDs are arranged on the circuit board and are powered by the power supply voltage, wherein the LEDs are arranged in an LED network and wherein the LED network adopts different operating states, a controllable current sink arrangement for converting electrical energy transported via the connection into heat, and a control apparatus for controlling the current sink arrangement, wherein the current sink arrangement comprises a plurality of individual sink devices connected electrically in parallel with one another for converting the electrical energy into heat, wherein the individual sink devices are distributed on the circuit board along the longitudinal extension of the circuit board, and wherein the individual sink devices are controlled by the control apparatus independently from the operative conditions of the LEDs, thereby providing a homogenously distributed thermal profile of the lighting strip.