Patents by Inventor Andre Hessling

Andre Hessling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adjustable release lanyard
    Patent number: 10501192
    Abstract: A lanyard assembly for an evacuation system may comprise a lanyard body and a pin housing. The lanyard body may comprise an actuator connect portion, a pin housing connect portion, and a center member extending between the actuator connect portion and the pin housing connect portion. The pin housing may be slidably coupled to the pin housing connect portion of the lanyard body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Schmidt, Andre Hessling von Heimendahl
  • AIRCRAFT LIGHT AND AIRCRAFT LIGHT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190359349
    Abstract: An aircraft light comprises at least one light source; at least one sensor, an operating mode selector, and a transmitter. The sensor is configured for detecting current operational conditions and providing at least one corresponding sensor signal. The operating mode selector configured for determining a suitable light emission of the at least one light source based on the at least one sensor signal. The operating mode selector is further configured for determining the amount of electrical power needed for generating the determined light emission. The transmitter configured for transmitting a power request signal indicating the determined amount of electrical power to a power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl
  • Lighting system of an aircraft cabin and aircraft comprising the same
    Patent number: 10464673
    Abstract: A lighting system of an aircraft cabin includes a plurality of light units disposed at a plurality of locations within the aircraft cabin, wherein each of the plurality of light units includes at least one infrared light source, with an emission of infrared light across the aircraft cabin resulting from an operation of the at least one infrared light source of the plurality of light units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Christian Schoen, Rolf Broelemann
  • Exterior aircraft light unit and aircraft comprising the same
    Patent number: 10464692
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit (2) includes a lens cover (50) and at least one light source (6, 6?) for emitting light through the lens cover. The lens cover has an aerodynamic front edge (52), separating an impinging air stream during flight, and an aerodynamic front region (54) around the aerodynamic front edge. The light emitted by the at least one light source exits the lens cover only outside the aerodynamic front region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl
  • EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT
    Publication number: 20190291894
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light includes a housing having a length (L), a width (W), and a height (H), the length (L) being greater than the width (W) and the height (H) and the housing having a front end region and a rear end region, wherein the housing is configured to be mounted on a tail portion of a fuselage of an aircraft; at least one first light source, arranged in the rear end region of the housing, for providing aircraft rearward signal lighting; and a plurality of second light sources, which are arranged spaced along the length (L) of the housing for a distributed illumination of a stabilizer of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Marion DEPTA, Anil Kumar JHA, Andreas UEBERSCHAER, Christian SCHOEN
  • AIRCRAFT VERTICAL STABILIZER ILLUMINATION LIGHT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190256223
    Abstract: An aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light, configured to illuminate a vertical stabilizer of an aircraft, has a housing having a length (L), a width (W), and a height (H), the length (L) being greater than the width (W) and the height (H); and a plurality of light sources being arranged spaced along the length (L) of the housing (8) for a distributed illumination of the vertical stabilizer, wherein the housing (8) is configured to be mounted adjacent the vertical stabilizer on a tail portion of a fuselage of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Marion DEPTA, Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Anil Kumar JHA, Andreas UEBERSCHAER, Christian SCHOEN
  • Light unit with an extended light emission surface
    Patent number: 10371879
    Abstract: A light unit with an extended light emission surface includes a light source, and a flat light distribution body having a first principal surface and a second principal surface disposed on opposite sides of the flat light distribution body, wherein the light source is positioned outside of the flat light distribution body, with light emitted by the light source being coupled into the flat light distribution body and being propagated within the flat light distribution body via total internal reflection at the first and second principal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ramesh Srinivasamurthy, Christian Schoen, Andre Hessling-von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha
  • Exterior aircraft light unit and aircraft comprising the same
    Patent number: 10362657
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a support plate, an LED, mounted to the support plate, a near end of life detector for sensing a light output level of the LED, the near end of life detector being mounted to the support plate, and a transparent optical element for shaping an output light intensity distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit, wherein the transparent optical element jointly encases the LED and the near end of life detector, with light from the LED reaching the near end of life detector through the transparent optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha, Robert Trinschek
  • Silicone encapsulated aircraft LED light
    Patent number: 10343793
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light includes a mounting board, having an upper side, a lower side and a plurality of side faces; at least one LED, arranged on the upper side of the mounting board; and a mounting board enclosure and lens structure, wherein the mounting board enclosure and lens structure comprises a lens arranged over the at least one LED for shaping an output light intensity distribution of the exterior aircraft light and a covering layer arranged on the upper side, the lower side and the plurality of side faces of the mounting board, wherein the mounting board enclosure and lens structure is an integral silicone structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha
  • LED light unit and method of replacing an LED light unit
    Patent number: 10302265
    Abstract: An LED light unit, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle, such as an aircraft, a road vehicle, a ship or a rail car, has a support portion a light source having at least one LED, the light source being arranged on the support portion, and a refractive optical element having an inner surface and an outer surface the refractive optical element being attached to the support portion and being arranged over the light source. The refractive optical element has a chamfer portion adjacent the support portion, wherein at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface has at least one chamfer surface in the chamfer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Christian Schoen, Andre Hessling von Heimendahl
  • Exterior aircraft light unit and method of disabling a light output of an exterior aircraft light unit
    Patent number: 10299343
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a power input coupleable to an aircraft on-board power supply; at least one LED coupled to the power input for receiving power from the aircraft on-board power supply and configured to emit a light output; an optical sensor arranged for sensing an intensity detection portion of the light output and configured to output a detection signal indicative of an intensity level of the light output; an end of life detector, coupled to the optical sensor for receiving the detection signal and configured to determine an end of life condition; and a fuse circuit coupled to the end of life detector; wherein the fuse circuit is configured to irreversibly disable an LED circuit board upon the end of life detector communicating the end of life condition to the fuse circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Klein, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Robert Trinschek
  • AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION LIGHT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190144132
    Abstract: An aircraft navigation light with integrated redundancy having at least a selected minimum light output, comprises a first light source; a second light source; and a common optical element, which is configured for shaping an output light intensity distribution of the aircraft navigation light. The light emitted by each of the first light source and the second light source is modified by the common optical element. Each of the first and second light sources has an individual light output capacity, wherein the individual light output capacity of each of the first and second light sources alone is sufficient for providing the selected minimum light output of the aircraft navigation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Anil Kumar JHA, Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL
  • Aircraft light unit
    Patent number: 10287031
    Abstract: An aircraft light unit includes a mounting portion, which is configured for mounting the light unit to an aircraft; and at least one light source, which is configured for emitting light. The light unit is configured to emit at least one first output of white light into a predefined first spatial sector and to emit at least one second output of white light into a predefined second spatial sector. The light of the at least one first output of white light comprises a first percentage of radiation having a wavelength that is shorter than a predefined threshold, and the light of the at least one second output of white light comprises a second percentage of radiation having a wavelength that is shorter than the predefined threshold, wherein the first percentage of radiation is smaller than the second percentage of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schoen, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl
  • Aircraft LED light unit
    Patent number: 10273022
    Abstract: An aircraft LED light unit comprises at least one printed circuit board which comprises at least one metal core layer and at least one dielectric layer, and at least one LED disposed on the printed circuit board and which comprises an anode and a cathode for electrically coupling to a power source. One of the anode and cathode of the at least one LED is connected to an electrical conductor which is disposed on the dielectric layer and is coupled to a first terminal of the power source, wherein the dielectric layer electrically isolates the electrical conductor from the metal core layer, and the other one of the anode and cathode of the at least one LED is connected to the metal core layer of the at least one printed circuit board, wherein the metal core layer is coupled to a second terminal of the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Norbert Menne, Elmar Schrewe, Robert Trinschek, Andre Hessling-von Heimendahl
  • EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT UNIT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190124739
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes at least two light sources. Each light source is provided with a variable current bypass component. Each variable current bypass component is configured to allow bypassing an adjustable electric current by the respective light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ramesh SPINIVASAMURTHY, Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Robert TRINSCHEK
  • EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT UNIT
    Publication number: 20190118968
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit according to exemplary embodiments of the invention comprises: a housing including a mounting portion, which is configured for mounting the aircraft light unit to an aircraft; at least one light source; and a heat sink; wherein the heat sink comprises: a first heat sink portion comprising a plurality of cooling ribs being thermally connected with the at least one light source for transferring heat from the at least one light source to the plurality of cooling ribs; and at least one second heat sink portion comprising two heat sink plates and a clamping pin and being configured such that the second heat sink portion is selectively attachable, particularly clampable, to a respective cooling rib of the first heat sink portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jai Ganesh PALANISAMY, Anil Kumar JHA, Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Abhilash KRISHNA
  • Method of operating an aircraft headlight system, aircraft headlight system, and aircraft comprising the same
    Patent number: 10266281
    Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft headlight system of an aircraft, the aircraft headlight system having at least one headlight, includes the steps of operating the aircraft headlight system in a landing light mode during a descent of the aircraft, with the at least one headlight emitting a landing light output in the landing light mode; operating the aircraft headlight system in a taxi light mode during taxiing of the aircraft, with the at least one headlight emitting a taxi light output in the taxi light mode; and transforming the landing light output into the taxi light output after touch-down of the aircraft by operating the aircraft headlight system in at least one intermediate lighting mode between operating the aircraft headlight system in the landing light mode and operating the aircraft headlight system in the taxi light mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Christian Schoen
  • HELICOPTER SEARCH LIGHT AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HELICOPTER SEARCH LIGHT
    Publication number: 20190063713
    Abstract: A helicopter search light comprises a housing with a mounting portion, which is configured to be mounted to a helicopter, a light source support arranged within the housing and at least one optical system. Each optical system includes a group of at least two light sources with different light emission characteristics, which are arranged on the light source support; and a reflector, which is movable between at least two discrete positions, each position being associated with one of the at least two light sources, with the reflector in each position only reflecting light emitted by the associated light source. The helicopter search light further comprises at least one actuator, which is configured for selectively moving the reflector between the at least two discrete positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Anil Kumar JHA, Robert TRINSCHEK
  • Exterior airplane light unit and method of warning ground personnel
    Patent number: 10202205
    Abstract: An exterior airplane light unit includes a housing and a lens cover, the housing and the lens cover being shaped to embed the exterior airplane light unit into a side portion of a fuselage of an airplane in front of a wing root section of the airplane, with the lens cover blending into the side portion of the fuselage of the airplane, and at least one light source and at least one optical system, with the at least one light source and the at least one optical system being arranged between the housing and the lens cover and being arranged to direct a warning light output towards an engine of the airplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schoen, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl
  • Dynamic exterior aircraft light unit and method of operating a dynamic exterior aircraft light unit
    Patent number: 10189579
    Abstract: A dynamic exterior aircraft light unit, mounted to an aircraft for illuminating an aircraft environment, includes an LED group with a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system with at least one optical element. The optical system being associated with the LED group for shaping an output light intensity distribution from the light emitted by the LED group and the LED group and the optical system are stationary within the dynamic exterior aircraft light unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Andre Hessling-von Heimendahl