An exterior aircraft light (2) with cover erosion monitoring, the exterior aircraft light (2) comprises: a support (4); at least one light source (6), arranged on the support (4); a light transmissive cover (10), arranged over the at least one light source (6), the light transmissive cover (10) having a forward facing portion (12) and a rearward facing portion (14); a first light sensor (22), arranged to receive light emitted by the at least one light source (6) and reflected towards the first light sensor (22) by the forward facing portion (12) of the light transmissive cover (10); and a second light sensor (24), arranged to receive light emitted by the at least one light source (6) and reflected towards the second light sensor (24) by the rearward facing portion (14) of the light transmissive cover (10); wherein the exterior aircraft light (2) is configured to provide an indication regarding an extent of erosion of the light transmissive cover (10) on the basis of sensor measurements of the first light sensor (22) and sensor measurements of the second light sensor (24).
EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT WITH COVER EROSION MONITORING, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHT, AND METHOD OF MONITORING EROSION OF A LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE COVER
FLUGZEUGAUSSENLEUCHTE MIT ABDECKUNGSEROSIONSÜBERWACHUNG, FLUGZEUG MIT SOLCH EINER FLUGZEUGAUSSENLEUCHTE UND VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG DER EROSION EINER LICHTDURCHLÄSSIGEN ABDECKUNG
LUMIÈRE EXTÉRIEURE D'AÉRONEF AVEC SURVEILLANCE D'ÉROSION DE COUVERTURE, AÉRONEF COMPRENANT UNE TELLE LUMIÈRE EXTÉRIEURE D'AÉRONEF ET PROCÉDÉ DE SURVEILLANCE D'ÉROSION D'UNE COUVERTURE TRANSMETTANT LA LUMIÈRE
2024-07-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |
European Patent Office | 2024
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