Abstract: An infrared landing light is disclosed including a housing adapted for mounting in an aircraft, a lamp positioned within the housing and adapted to produce light having an infrared portion, and a louver positioned within the housing and adapted to receive the light and to substantially absorb a fraction of the light not directed in a forward direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 2004
Date of Patent:
January 10, 2006
Assignee:
Soderberg Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Bruce W. Soderberg, Albert C. Knudsen, William T. Ryczek, Stephen F. Mandap, Brandon Weiss, Timothy R. Irsik
Abstract: A lamp mounting having a terminal post providing a rest surface for one side of a lamp terminal of normally regular rectangular shape and a clamping member formed for engagement with the opposite side of the lamp terminal for clamping the latter onto the post and a link pivoted to the post and clamping member, and means applying a resilient force to the link for tightening the clamping member onto the lamp terminal and providing a resiliently yieldable engagement of the lamp terminal between the terminal post and clamping member.