Patent ID: 6106140
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60Q,B64D,G02B

Abstract:
A lighting arrangement for a closeable freight compartment in a passenger aircraft having a passenger cabin located above said freight compartment; wherein a fire-proofing ceiling (3) of said freight compartment (2) concurrently forms a floor of said passenger cabin and constitutes a closure between said compartment and said cabin; said ceiling (3) having a plurality of through-openings (19) formed therein distributed in a grid-like matrix across the surface of said ceiling (3); a plurality of lighting units (6) each having a fire-resistant light coupling-out element (16); a fire-resistant insert (17) being fixedly arranged in each of said through-openings (19), each said insert (17) having respectively one said lighting unit (6) housing a light coupling-cut element (16) mounted therein such that light is discharged from said elements (160 in the shape of light cones (9) which intersect within said compartment (2) to produce a uniformly dispersed light throughout said compartment; and optical waveguides (14) connect each of said light coupling-out element (16) to at least one common light source (15).