Patent ID: 8123377

Claim:
An aircraft anti-collision light (ACL) that emits light in a predefined direction, comprising: a housing; an elongated reflector within the housing, the elongated reflector having a width defining a major axis of an arc along an inside perimeter of the elongated reflector, and having a light output opening opposite the arc of the inside perimeter; an elongated support having an arc shaped edge, wherein the arc shaped edge of the elongated support corresponds to and is attached to the arc of the inside perimeter of the elongated reflector, and wherein the arc shaped edge of the elongated support when attached to the elongated reflector is aligned with the major axis along the arc of the inside perimeter; and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) lamps within the housing and arranged in an arc on the elongated support, wherein the arc of the LED lamps corresponds to the arc of the inside perimeter of the elongated reflector, and wherein the LED lamps emit light in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of light emitted from the ACL, wherein the elongated reflector reflects the light received from the plurality of LED lamps in the direction of light emitted from the light output opening of the ACL.