Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Beermann

Franz-Josef Beermann 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).

  • Patent number: 11465773
    Abstract: An aircraft beacon light unit has an operating light emission distribution. The operating light emission distribution has a first light emission opening angle of at least 150° in a first cross-sectional plane, and a second light emission opening angle of at most 180° in a second cross-sectional plane orthogonal to the first cross-sectional plane. The aircraft beacon light unit is configured in such a way that it is mountable to an aircraft with the first cross-sectional plane being oriented in a vertical direction and the second cross-sectional plane being oriented in a horizontal direction, and the first light emission opening angle extends at least 75° both above and below the second cross-sectional plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder, Anil Kumar Jha
  • Patent number: 9789975
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, an LED arranged on the mounting structure, and an optical system, arranged on the mounting structure for creating an output light emission distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit. The optical system has, in a first cross-sectional plane extending through the LED, a first concave reflector and a second concave reflector, each of the first and second concave reflectors having a proximate end positioned adjacent to the mounting structure and a distal end positioned removed from the mounting structure, with the first and second concave reflectors being arranged on opposite sides of the LED in the first cross-sectional plane, and a refractive optical element arranged between the first and second concave reflectors in the first cross-sectional plane. The distal ends of both the first and second concave reflectors that curve towards each other and have back-tapered shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder
  • Patent number: 9783319
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, a plurality of first light sources arranged on the mounting structure, and a lens cover arranged over the plurality of first light sources, the lens cover having a convex shape at least in a first cross-sectional plane, wherein the plurality of first light sources are arranged in a curved pattern, with the curved pattern having the same direction of curvature as the convex shape of the lens cover in the first cross-sectional plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder
  • Publication number: 20160046389
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, a plurality of first light sources arranged on the mounting structure, and a lens cover arranged over the plurality of first light sources, the lens cover having a convex shape at least in a first cross-sectional plane, wherein the plurality of first light sources are arranged in a curved pattern, with the curved pattern having the same direction of curvature as the convex shape of the lens cover in the first cross-sectional plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: ANIL KUMAR JHA, ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER
  • Publication number: 20160046388
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a mounting structure, an LED arranged on the mounting structure, and an optical system, arranged on the mounting structure for creating an output light emission distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit. The optical system has, in a first cross-sectional plane extending through the LED, a first concave reflector and a second concave reflector, each of the first and second concave reflectors having a proximate end positioned adjacent to the mounting structure and a distal end positioned removed from the mounting structure, with the first and second concave reflectors being arranged on opposite sides of the LED in the first cross-sectional plane, and a refractive optical element arranged between the first and second concave reflectors in the first cross-sectional plane. The distal ends of both the first and second concave reflectors that curve towards each other and have back-tapered shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: ANIL KUMAR JHA, ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER
  • Publication number: 20160046390
    Abstract: An aircraft beacon light unit has an operating light emission distribution. The operating light emission distribution has a first light emission opening angle of at least 150° in a first cross-sectional plane, and a second light emission opening angle of at most 180° in a second cross-sectional plane orthogonal to the first cross-sectional plane. The aircraft beacon light unit is configured in such a way that it is mountable to an aircraft with the first cross-sectional plane being oriented in a vertical direction and the second cross-sectional plane being oriented in a horizontal direction, and the first light emission opening angle extends at least 75° both above and below the second cross-sectional plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER, ANIL KUMAR JHA
  • Publication number: 20050185399
    Abstract: A colored light for the passengers of a passenger transportation means, in particular for the cabin of an aircraft, comprises a plurality of illuminating means, each emitting electromagnetic waves in a narrow-band wavelength range, wherein the wavelength ranges preferably do not overlap each other. Further, the colored light is provided with a drive unit for driving the illuminating means such that a soothing or stimulating effect on the passengers can be achieved via the color sensation of the human eye and the thus triggered (bio-) chemical processes in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Beermann, Ulrich Scheithauer, Rolf Broelemann, Bernhard Mueller, Carsten Geske, Frank Gronemeier, Rico Schulz, Steffen Roebke