Patent ID: 6786618
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
A light, particularly a position light, for an aircraft, for being mounted to the rear end of an aircraft, the light comprising:a luminous means for emitting light; a reflector arrangement, and a housing comprising a receiving room for the luminous means and the reflector arrangement being covered by a transparent cover, the housing, the receiving room, the luminous means, and the reflector arrangement are configured such that light with a maximum intensity along a preferential axis emerges from the housing, wherein the luminous means comprises a first and a second light source which are substantially identical and respectively emit light within a light radiation solid angle having a central axis, the two light sources being arranged symmetrically to the preferential axis and the central axes of the light radiation solid angle being inclined so as to face each other, and that the reflector arrangement comprises a first and a second reflection surface allocated to the first and second light source, respectively, said reflection surfaces also being symmetrically arranged to the preferential axis and respectively provided with a light propagation limiting edge for limiting the light propagation range, within which light emitted directly by the respectively allocated light source emerges from the receiving room of the housing, the first reflection surface being arranged opposite to the first light source and the second reflection surface being arranged opposite to the second light source and the light propagation limiting edge of the first reflection surface facing away from the second light source and the light propagation limiting edge of the second reflection surface facing away from the first light source, and the two reflection surfaces being oriented and/or configured such that light emitted by the one light source is reflected by the reflection surface allocated thereto past the light propagation limiting edge of the other reflection surface to increase the luminous intensity within the light propagation range of the other light source near the partial range defined by the light propagation limiting edge of the one reflection surface.