Illumination – Vehicle steering mechanism or element moves pivoted lamp or... – Tie rod element controlled
Patent
1981-05-11
1983-04-19
Gluck, Irwin
Illumination
Vehicle steering mechanism or element moves pivoted lamp or...
Tie rod element controlled
244135A, B64D 3900, B64D 4702
Patent
active
043807887
ABSTRACT:
An aerial refuel floodlight capable of being mounted on the leading edge of a vertical stabilizer in a receiver aircraft utilized for in flight refueling. The aerial refuel floodlight is of a projectile-shape having a lamp mounted therein. Surrounding the lamp is a cone-shaped reflecting element terminating in a hemispherically-shaped reflecting element which directs light emanating from said lamp through an off-axis lens mounted adjacent thereto. A scoop-shaped reflector situated adjacent the lens and in the upper part of the fixture directs the magnified light onto the fuselage of the receiver aircraft adjacent to and including the refuel receptacle. The location of the aerial refuel floodlight on the vertical stabilizer causes the refueling boom to cast a shadow on the fuselage of the aircraft being refueled to give the boom operator a means for estimating position and distance between the extended boom and the refuel receptacle while simultaneously eliminating substantial amounts of glare from the fuselage of the aircraft.
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Erlich Jacob N.
Gluck Irwin
Singer Donald J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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