Patents by Inventor Sascha Lueder
Sascha Lueder 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).
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Patent number: 11465773Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder, Anil Kumar Jha
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Patent number: 10941864Abstract: A drain valve for draining liquid from an enclosed space comprises a movable plunger, which is movable between a closed position in which the plunger does not allow liquid to flow through the drain valve, and at least one open position, in which the plunger allows liquid to flow through the drain valve; and an elastic element, which is configured to urge the movable plunger into its closed position. The plunger is provided with at least one duct extending through the plunger and allowing fluid to flow through the drain valve when the plunger is positioned in its closed position, wherein said at least one duct is closed by a semi-permeable medium, which is permeable for air and water vapor and impermeable for liquid water.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha, Sascha Lueder, Ramesh Srinivasamurthy
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Patent number: 10336468Abstract: An aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, configured for being arranged in a rotatable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and for being oriented towards a vertical stabilizer of the aircraft for illuminating the vertical stabilizer, includes an LED group, having a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system, having 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventor: Sascha Lueder
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Publication number: 20180335150Abstract: A drain valve for draining liquid from an enclosed space comprises a movable plunger, which is movable between a closed position in which the plunger does not allow liquid to flow through the drain valve, and at least one open position, in which the plunger allows liquid to flow through the drain valve; and an elastic element, which is configured to urge the movable plunger into its closed position. The plunger is provided with at least one duct extending through the plunger and allowing fluid to flow through the drain valve when the plunger is positioned in its closed position, wherein said at least one duct is closed by a semi-permeable medium, which is permeable for air and water vapor and impermeable for liquid water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL, Anil Kumar JHA, Sascha LUEDER, Ramesh SRINIVASAMURTHY
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Patent number: 9789975Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder
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Patent number: 9783319Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Franz-Josef Beermann, Christian Schoen, Sascha Lueder
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Publication number: 20160368621Abstract: An aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, configured for being arranged in a rotatable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and for being oriented towards a vertical stabilizer of the aircraft for illuminating the vertical stabilizer, includes an LED group, having a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system, having 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventor: Sascha Lueder
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Publication number: 20160046390Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER, ANIL KUMAR JHA
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Publication number: 20160046388Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: ANIL KUMAR JHA, ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER
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Publication number: 20160046389Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: ANIL KUMAR JHA, ANDRE HESSLING VON HEIMENDAHL, FRANZ-JOSEF BEERMANN, CHRISTIAN SCHOEN, SASCHA LUEDER
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Patent number: 8956023Abstract: A combined wing scan and winglet illumination light unit is disclosed. The light unit has at least one LED and at least one optical structure for shaping a light emission distribution of the combined wing scan and winglet illumination light unit. The wherein the light emission distribution has a first illumination region for illuminating a wing and a wing engine of an aircraft and a second illumination region for illuminating a wing tip winglet of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbHInventors: Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Frank Klein, Sascha Lueder
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Patent number: 8579479Abstract: The warning lamp for an aircraft is provided with a housing (10) which possesses a light permeable cover (12) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing is mounted on the aircraft, with a frontal cover area and a rear cover area, a mounting element (44) to fasten the cover to a lower part (14) of the housing (10), wherein one edge (41) of the cover (12) is covered by an edge of the mounting element (44) and protrudes from it, a lamp with at least one LED (42,46,58,60), which is arranged within an area that is covered by the cover (12), and a cooling body (18) for the at least one LED (42,46,58,60), wherein the cooling body (18) possesses a cooling surface (32) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing (10) is mounted on the aircraft. The frontal cover area is formed by a frontal cover element (22) which is made from a light permeable first material. The rear cover area is formed by a rear cover element (28), which is made from a light permeable second material.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbHInventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Martin Griesbach, Bernhard Müller, Sonja Ferling, Andre Hessling, Sascha Lüder
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Publication number: 20110261577Abstract: The warning lamp for an aircraft is provided with a housing (10) which possesses a light permeable cover (12) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing is mounted on the aircraft, with a frontal cover area and a rear cover area, a mounting element (44) to fasten the cover to a lower part (14) of the housing (10), wherein one edge (41) of the cover (12) is covered by an edge of the mounting element (44) and protrudes from it, a lamp with at least one LED (42,46,58,60), which is arranged within an area that is covered by the cover (12), and a cooling body (18) for the at least one LED (42,46,58,60), wherein the cooling body (18) possesses a cooling surface (32) that is exposed to the surrounding air when the housing (10) is mounted on the aircraft. The frontal cover area is formed by a frontal cover element (22) which is made from a light permeable first material. The rear cover area is formed by a rear cover element (28), which is made from a light permeable second material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann, Martin Griesbach, Bernhard Müller, Sonja Ferling, Andre Hessling, Sascha Lüder
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Patent number: 8006376Abstract: The method for assembly of an LED lighting device comprising an LED module and a reflective and/or refractive optical unit and provided particularly as a reading or seat light for use in a vehicle such as, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbHInventors: Sonja Ferling, Sascha Lüder, Martin Griesbach, Andre Hessling
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Patent number: 6786618Abstract: An aircraft position light for an aircraft is provided with a luminous device for emitting light and a reflector arrangement. The luminous device comprises a first and a second light source, which emit light within a light radiation solid angle, the two light sources being arranged symmetrically to the preferential axis and central axes of the light radiation solid angles being inclined so as to face each other. The reflector arrangement comprises a first and a second reflection surface allocated to the first and second light source, respectively. The first reflection surface is arranged opposite to the first light source and the second reflection surface is arranged opposite to the second light source.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems GmbHInventors: Rico Schulz, Sascha Lueder, Bernd Ganzer
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Publication number: 20030072165Abstract: The light particularly serves as position light for an aircraft, preferably for being mounted to the rear end of an aircraft, such as, e.g., an airplane, and is provided with a luminous means for emitting light and a reflector arrangement. The luminous means comprises a first and a second light source which are substantially identical and respectively emit light within a light radiation solid angle with a central axis, the two light sources being arranged symmetrically to the preferential axis and the central axes of the light radiation solid angles being inclined so as to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Rico Schulz, Sascha Lueder, Bernd Ganzer
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Patent number: 6461029Abstract: A lamp, in particular a position lamp for a motor vehicle, has a housing in which at least one light source is arranged, with the housing having a light pane covering an opening of the housing, with the light source being structured as a plurality of light-emitting diodes. A light field formed by a plurality of similar first light-emitting diodes to produce a basic light-intensity distribution and at least one additional second light-emitting diode to produce a preferred light-intensity distribution is provided so that a predetermined total light-intensity distribution is obtained by superpositioning, or overlapping, of the basic light-intensity distribution and the preferred light-intensity distribution.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.Inventors: Frank Gronemeier, Sascha Lueder, Rico Schulz
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Publication number: 20020008976Abstract: A lamp, in particular a position lamp for a motor vehicle, has a housing in which at least one light source is arranged, with the housing having a light pane covering an opening of the housing, with the light source being structured as a plurality of light-emitting diodes. A light field formed by a plurality of similar first light-emitting diodes to produce a basic light-intensity distribution and at least one additional second light-emitting diode to produce a preferred light-intensity distribution is provided so that a predetermined total light-intensity distribution is obtained by superpositioning, or overlapping, of the basic light-intensity distribution and the preferred light-intensity distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Frank Gronemeier, Sascha Lueder, Rico Schulz