Patents by Inventor Benno Heissig

Benno Heissig 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).

  • Emergency lighting system for an aircraft and aircraft comprising such emergency lighting system
    Patent number: 9655186
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system for an aircraft includes an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor. The emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Frank Klein, Benno Heissig
  • EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150091438
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system for an aircraft includes an emergency light control unit, having an external power input and at least one external control input for receiving external control commands from at least one of a cockpit crew, a cabin crew, a board computer and an autopilot, and a plurality of autonomous emergency light units, each of the plurality of autonomous emergency light units comprising at least one LED and a rechargeable capacitor. The emergency light control unit is configured to process the external control commands and to communicate emergency light control commands to the plurality of autonomous emergency light units as a response to the external control commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Frank Klein, Benno Heissig