Lighting arrangement for an interior of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099788-B2
Application number	US-201715611102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2017
Priority date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

In a lighting arrangement (2) for an interior (4) of a vehicle, having a beam area (6) for emitting light (8) into an environment (10) of the lighting arrangement (2), having at least one first luminaire (12a, b) having a first luminous area (14a, b) for emitting the light (8), the first luminous area (14a, b) being part of the beam area (6), having at least one projector (16) with a beam opening (18) for emitting the light (8), the beam opening (18) being part of the beam area (6), at least one of the first luminaires (12a, b) has at least one passage region (34) for at least one part of one of the beam openings (18) of one of the projectors (16) on its first luminous area (14a, b), and/or, in at least one of the projectors (16), a surface region (20) of the projector (16) which is adjacent to the beam opening (18) is in the form of a second luminaire (21) having a second luminous area (22) for emitting light (8), the second luminous area (22) being part of the beam area (6).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting arrangement for an interior of a vehicle, comprising:
a beam area from which light is emitted into an environment of the lighting arrangement during operation of the lighting arrangement,
at least one first luminaire having a first luminous area for emitting the light, the first luminous area being part of the beam area,
wherein the lighting arrangement contains at least one projector with a beam opening for emitting the light, the beam opening being part of the beam area; at least one of the first luminaires has at least one passage region for at least one part of one of the beam openings of one of the projectors on its first luminous area; and/or in at least one of the projectors, a surface region of the projector which is adjacent to the beam opening is in the form of a second luminaire having a second luminous area for emitting light, the second luminous area being part of the beam area.

2. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lighting arrangement has an at least semi-transparent cover in the region of the beam area, the cover being transparent to light from the beam opening in the passage region.

3. The lighting arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein:
the cover is in the form of an optically effective and/or optically adjustable element at least in the passage region.

4. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
said first luminous areas and/or, if present, second luminous areas, correspond to one another with respect to their optical appearance.

5. The lighting arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein:
said first luminous areas and/or, if present, said second luminous areas, correspond to one another with respect to the arrangement of light sources emitting the respective light.

6. The lighting arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein:
the arrangement is the mutual distance (a) and/or the geometry of two light sources.

7. The lighting arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein:
all distances (a) between adjacent light sources are equal with the exception of those distances (a′) between light sources which are on both sides of a beam opening.

8. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the beam area is formed entirely from said first luminous areas and, if present, said second luminous areas, and the beam openings.

9. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the beam area is in the form of a strip and extends along a progression line.

10. The lighting arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein
the beam openings are arranged along the progression line and at least one of the first luminous areas and, if present, second luminous areas, is respectively arranged on both sides of each of the beam openings.

11. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein
the lighting arrangement has at least two adjacent luminaires, the first luminous areas of which have, on their edge sides facing one another, respective sections which complement one another to form an overall passage region.

12. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the surface region is an end side of the projector facing the environment in the intended mounting state (M).

13. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein
the luminaire is an LED luminaire.

14. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lighting arrangement is a lighting arrangement for a passenger cabin as an interior of an aircraft as a vehicle.

15. The lighting arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lighting arrangement is in the form of an integrated structural unit which can be installed in the interior.

Assignees

• Diehl Aerospace Gmbh

Inventors

• Lins Bastian

Classifications

• B64D2203/00

  Aircraft or airfield lights using LEDs · CPC title

• F21W2105/00

  Combinations of lighting devices covered by codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2104/00 · CPC title

• B60Q3/43

  General lighting · CPC title

• B60Q3/40

  specially adapted for specific vehicle types · CPC title

• B64D11/00 Primary

  Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for · CPC title