Device, method, and aircraft for illuminating in-flight operations
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B64D-039/00
출원번호
UP-0403301
(2006-04-13)
등록번호
US-7651054
(2010-02-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Roberts, Gregory A.
Thal, German Von
출원인 / 주소
The Boeing Company
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초록▼
An device, method, and aircraft are provided for illuminating an in-flight operation, the device, method, and aircraft generating an electromagnetic radiation within the far-violet and ultraviolet spectrum, and thus being imperceptible to the naked eye, compatible with night vision equipment, and un
An device, method, and aircraft are provided for illuminating an in-flight operation, the device, method, and aircraft generating an electromagnetic radiation within the far-violet and ultraviolet spectrum, and thus being imperceptible to the naked eye, compatible with night vision equipment, and undetectable by night vision equipment.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An illuminating device for use during one or more in-flight operations involving two or more aircraft, the illuminating device comprising: a housing disposed on a first aircraft, wherein said housing comprises a first planar section and a second planar section, said first pla
What is claimed is: 1. An illuminating device for use during one or more in-flight operations involving two or more aircraft, the illuminating device comprising: a housing disposed on a first aircraft, wherein said housing comprises a first planar section and a second planar section, said first planar section being rigidly displaced from said second planar section at a fixed angle between about 120 degrees and 150 degrees; a plurality of emitting devices disposed in said housing and configured to selectively generate an electromagnetic radiation between about 370 nanometers and about 420 nanometers, wherein at least one of said plurality of emitting devices is disposed in said first planar section and at least one of said plurality of emitting devices is disposed in said second planar section; a first emission bank disposed in said housing, said first emission bank having a first group of emitting devices from said plurality of emitting devices, said first group disposed in said first planar section and said second planar section, wherein said first emission bank is configured to selectively generate an electromagnetic radiation between about 370 nanometers and about 420 nanometers such that said electromagnetic radiation is directed to be uniformly incident on a second aircraft during a first in-flight operation; a second emission bank disposed in said housing, said second emission bank having a second group of emitting devices from said plurality of emitting devices, said second group disposed in said first planar section and said second planar section, wherein at least one of said plurality of emitting devices is configured to both said first emission bank and said second emission bank, and wherein said second emission bank is configured to selectively generate an electromagnetic radiation between about 370 nanometers and about 420 nanometers such that said electromagnetic radiation is directed to be uniformly incident on a third aircraft during a subsequent second in-flight operation, the third aircraft being a different type from the second aircraft; and a selecting device for activating one of said first emission bank and said second emission bank. 2. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein said first emission bank is configured such that said electromagnetic radiation is directed to be uniformly incident on said second aircraft when said second aircraft is in an in-flight refueling envelope with said first aircraft. 3. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein at least one emitting device is comprised of a plurality of ultraviolet light emitting diodes. 4. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein at least one emitting device is comprised of at least one ultraviolet laser diode. 5. The illuminating device of claim 1, further comprising a control device for controlling an intensity of at least one emitting device. 6. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein said housing is configured such that at least one emitting device disperses said electromagnetic radiation in an arc between about 30 degrees and about 60 degrees. 7. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein said illuminating device is spectrally reconfigurable. 8. The illuminating device of claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic radiation from said first emission bank is directed to be incident on at least one of a refueling receptacle and probe of the second aircraft during the first in-flight operation, and wherein said electromagnetic radiation from said second emission bank is directed to be incident on at least one of a refueling receptacle and probe of the third aircraft during the subsequent second in-flight operation.
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