Patent ID: 7434970

Claim:
A rear position lighting device configured to be mounted at a rear position light mounting platform of an aircraft, the rear position light mounting platform corresponding to a tail or wing of the aircraft, the device comprising: a heat sink; a plurality of solid-state light sources operably connected to the heat sink; an outer lens through which light from the solid-state light sources is emitted; a cut-off shield operably attached to the outer lens, the cut-off shield being configured to limit the light transmitted through the outer lens according to angular cut-off parameters; at least two reflectors, each corresponding to one of the solid-state light sources for redirecting the light emitted by the solid-state light sources toward an area of the outer lens exposed by the cut-off shield, wherein each reflector is configured to redirect light from sides of an emitter in the corresponding solid-state light source, so that the redirected light is transmitted through the outer lens; wherein the redirected light from each reflector is directed by the cut-off shield according to the angular cut-off parameters at least two fastening modules, each configured to fasten one of the solid-state light sources to the heat sink, wherein each of the reflectors is attached to a corresponding one of the fastening modules; wherein during operation, the device is mounted to the rear position light mounting platform of the aircraft, and the device is dimensioned to be mountable at the rear position light mounting platforms of multiple types of aircraft, without modifying the corresponding tail or wing, in such a manner that the device fits within the corresponding tail or wing when mounted.