A wing conformal navigation light structure

Abstract

The present invention discloses a wing conformal navigation light structure, which is composed of a wing skin, a wing-shaped lampshade, a visible light component and a connecting seat; a skin notch is formed on the wing skin; the wing-shaped lampshade is placed at the skin notch; and the connecting seat is used to fix the wing-shaped lampshade and the wing skin. The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the conformal structure of the wing skin and the wing-shaped lampshade maintains the aerodynamic layout of the aircraft.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to an airborne navigation light, in particular to a wing conformal navigation light structure. Background Art

[0002] Aircraft navigation lights are mainly located at the leading edge of the wing and the upper surface of the wing. Compared with other installation locations of navigation lights, the structure of the leading edge of the wing is a complex curved surface. Therefore, the navigation lights at this location generally have small structural space and conformal requirements for the lamps, which puts high requirements on the space utilization of navigation lights, such as light source space, drive circuit space, and the number of mounting screws. In terms of sealing, it is not easy to achieve a good sealing effect because the space of the sealing structure is small and the lamp structure is mostly curved. In addition, in terms of product assembly, due to the small space between the lamp and the aircraft skin, the product will be difficult to disassemble and assemble, which will also affect the sealing effect and maintainability of the product. Summary of the invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to mainly solve the problem of low space utilization of navigation lights in the prior art, and secondly solve the problems of sealing and maintainability of navigation lights, and to provide a new wing conformal navigation light structure.

[0004] In order to achieve this object, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows: a wing conformal navigation light structure, which is composed of a wing skin, a wing-shaped lampshade, a visible light component and a connecting seat;

[0005] A skin notch is formed on the wing skin, and the wing skin comprises a skin upper wing wall and a skin lower wing wall;

[0006] The wing-shaped lampshade is placed at the notch of the skin, and the wing-shaped lampshade comprises an upper wing wall of the lampshade, a lower wing wall of the lampshade, a left wall of the lampshade between the left edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade and the left edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and a right wall of the lampshade between the right edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade and the right edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and the upper wing wall of the lampshade, the lower wing wall of the lampshade, the left wall of the lampshade and the right wall of the lampshade jointly define a lampshade accommodating space with a rearward opening;

[0007] The visible light component is placed inside the lampshade accommodating space, and the visible light component has a wing-shaped lamp holder and a light source printed circuit board. The wing-shaped lamp holder has an upper wing wall of the lamp holder, a lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a front wall of the lamp holder between the front edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the front edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a rear wall of the lamp holder between the rear edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the rear edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a left wall of the lamp holder between the left edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the left edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, and a right wall of the lamp holder between the right edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the right edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, the upper surface of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder matches with the lower surface of the upper wing wall of the lampshade, the lower surface of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder matches with the upper surface of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and the light source printed circuit board is arranged on the front wall of the lamp holder;

[0008] The connecting seat body is used to fix the wing-shaped lampshade and the wing skin, and the connecting seat body has a seat body wall, a front upper wall of the seat body, a front lower wall of the seat body, a rear upper wall of the seat body and a rear lower wall of the seat body, and the seat body wall is respectively connected to the front upper wall of the seat body, the front lower wall of the seat body, the rear upper wall of the seat body and the rear lower wall of the seat body. The seat body wall is located behind the wing-shaped lampshade, and the rear upper wall of the seat body extends backward from the rear of the seat body wall and the rear upper wall of the seat body is fixedly connected to the upper wing wall of the skin, and the rear lower wall of the seat body is connected to the rear upper wall of the seat body. The seat body wall extends backward from the rear side and the seat body rear lower wall is fixedly connected to the lower wing wall of the skin; the seat body front upper wall extends backward from the trailing edge of the lampshade upper wing wall to the upper wing wall of the skin; the upper side of the lampshade upper wing wall, the upper side of the skin upper wing wall and the upper side of the seat body front upper wall are conformal to each other; the seat body front lower wall extends backward from the trailing edge of the lampshade lower wing wall to the lower wing wall of the skin; the lower side of the lampshade lower wing wall, the lower side of the skin lower wing wall and the lower side of the seat body front lower wall are conformal to each other.

[0009] As a preferred solution for a wing conformal navigation light structure, the visible light component also has a rubber pad; a side wall groove is formed on the left side of the left wall of the lamp holder and the right side of the right wall of the lamp holder, and a rubber pad is provided inside the side wall groove, and the rubber pad is against the left wall of the lamp cover and the right wall of the lamp cover.

[0010] As a preferred solution for a wing conformal navigation light structure, the front wall of the lamp holder is an arc surface that is concave toward the rear, the light source printed circuit board is bonded to the right half of the front of the front wall of the lamp holder, and the left half of the front of the front wall of the lamp holder is made into a reflective surface by vacuum aluminum plating.

[0011] As a preferred solution for a wing conformal navigation light structure, the visible light component also has a sealing ring; a sealing groove is formed on the wing-shaped lamp holder, and the sealing groove is arranged on the rear side of the light source printed circuit board, and the sealing groove passes through the upper side of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder, the left side of the left wall of the lamp holder, the lower side of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder and the right side of the right wall of the lamp holder in sequence to form a closed ring shape, and a sealing ring is accommodated inside the sealing groove, and the sealing ring separates the light source printed circuit board separately.

[0012] As a preferred solution of a wing conformal navigation light structure, an upper connecting hole is formed on the rear upper wall of the base body, an upper connected hole corresponding to the upper connecting hole is formed on the upper wing wall of the skin, a screw is provided between the upper connecting hole and the upper connected hole, so that the rear upper wall of the base body and the upper wing wall of the skin are fixedly connected; and / or, a lower connecting hole is formed on the rear lower wall of the base body, a lower connected hole corresponding to the lower connecting hole is formed on the lower wing wall of the skin, a screw is provided between the lower connecting hole and the lower connected hole, so that the rear lower wall of the base body and the lower wing wall of the skin are fixedly connected.

[0013] As a preferred solution of the wing conformal navigation light structure, the trailing edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade is formed with an upper connecting portion, and the upper connecting portion is respectively bonded to the lower side of the front upper wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall. The trailing edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade is formed with a lower connecting portion. The lower connecting portion is respectively bonded to the upper side of the front lower wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall.

[0014] As a preferred solution of a wing conformal navigation light structure, an upper chamfered surface is provided between the lower side of the front upper wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall to define a glue storage groove; and / or a lower chamfered surface is provided between the upper side of the front lower wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall to define a glue storage groove.

[0015] As a preferred solution for a wing conformal navigation light structure, the upper connecting portion and the lower connecting portion adopt etched surfaces.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are at least as follows: 1. The conformal structure of the wing skin and the wing-shaped lampshade maintains the aerodynamic layout of the aircraft. 2. The wing-shaped lampshade and the connecting seat form a snap-fit ​​fixing method, which improves the sealing effect of the lamp, reduces the number of parts and mounting screws of the lamp, and improves the utilization rate of the lamp space, which is conducive to the design of navigation lights with smaller structural space. Relying on the characteristic that the curvature of the wing skin itself gradually decreases, a small amount of pre-tightening force exists between the wing-shaped lampshade and the wing-shaped lamp holder, and the wing-shaped lampshade is also limited in one direction. 3. The sealing design adopts a sealing ring and a gluing design method. The wing-shaped lampshade and the wing-shaped lamp holder adopt a lateral sealing structure to ensure the compression of the sealing ring in the groove around the side wall of the wing-shaped lamp holder; the wing-shaped lampshade and the connecting seat are sealed by gluing on the snap-fit ​​surface and the bottom surface. The two seals jointly ensure the overall sealing of the product. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 The figure is a schematic diagram of the appearance of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 3 The figure is a schematic diagram of the connection structure between the wing-shaped lampshade and the connection base body in one embodiment of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a visible light component in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 5 The figure is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a wing-shaped lampshade in one embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 6 It is a schematic structural diagram of a connecting seat body in one embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The present invention is further described in detail below by means of specific embodiments connected with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the description of these embodiments is used to help understand the present invention, but does not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the various embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0024] See also Figures 1 to 6 The figure shows a wing conformal navigation light structure. The navigation light structure is mainly composed of a wing skin 1, a wing-shaped lampshade 2, a visible light component 3, a connecting seat 4, an electrical connector 5 and a control printed circuit board 6.

[0025] The wing skin 1 is formed with a skin notch 10. The wing skin 1 has a skin upper wing wall 11 and a skin lower wing wall 12. The leading edge of the skin upper wing wall 11 is connected to the leading edge of the skin lower wing wall 12 to form a whole.

[0026] The wing-shaped lampshade 2 is placed at the skin notch 10. The wing-shaped lampshade 2 has an upper wing wall 21, a lower wing wall 22, a left wall 23 between the left edge of the upper wing wall 21 and the left edge of the lower wing wall 22, and a right wall 24 between the right edge of the upper wing wall 21 and the right edge of the lower wing wall 22. The upper wing wall 21, the lower wing wall 22, the left wall 23, and the right wall 24 define a lampshade accommodating space with a rearward opening.

[0027] The visible light component 3 is placed inside the lampshade accommodating space and mainly consists of a wing-shaped lamp holder 31 , a sealing ring 32 , a rubber pad 33 and a light source printed circuit board 34 .

[0028] See also Figure 4 The wing-shaped lamp holder 31 comprises an upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder, a lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder, a front wall 313 of the lamp holder between the front edge of the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder and the front edge of the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder, a rear wall 314 of the lamp holder between the rear edge of the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder and the rear edge of the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder, a left wall 315 of the lamp holder between the left edge of the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder and the left edge of the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder, and a right wall 316 of the lamp holder between the right edge of the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder and the right edge of the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder. The upper surface of the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder matches with the lower surface of the upper wing wall 21 of the lamp shade. The lower surface of the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder matches with the upper surface of the lower wing wall 22 of the lamp shade.

[0029] The front wall 313 of the lamp holder is recessed in the rear direction. In this embodiment, the light source printed board 34 (equipped with an LED light source 340) is bonded to the right half of the front of the lamp holder front wall 313. The left half of the front of the lamp holder front wall 313 is made into a reflective surface by vacuum aluminum plating. The light source printed board 34 cooperates with the reflective surface to meet the light distribution requirements of the navigation light. In other embodiments, the light source printed board is bonded to both the left and right halves of the front of the lamp holder front wall.

[0030] A sealing groove 310 is formed on the wing-shaped lamp holder 31. The sealing groove 310 is arranged on the rear side of the light source printed circuit board 34. The sealing groove 310 passes through the upper wing wall 311 of the lamp holder, the left side of the left wall 315 of the lamp holder, the lower wing wall 312 of the lamp holder and the right side of the right wall 316 of the lamp holder in sequence to form a closed ring. A sealing ring 32 is accommodated inside the sealing groove 310. In this embodiment, the sealing ring 32 is an O-ring. The sealing ring 32 separates the light source printed circuit board 34 to prevent external water vapor and the like from eroding the light source printed circuit board 34.

[0031] A side wall groove is formed on the left side of the lamp holder left wall 315 and the right side of the lamp holder right wall 316. A rubber pad 33 is provided inside the side wall groove. The rubber pad 33 abuts against the lamp shade left wall 23 and the lamp shade right wall 24 to reduce the vibration impact between the lamp holder left wall 315 and the lamp shade left wall 23 and between the lamp holder right wall 316 and the lamp shade right wall 24.

[0032] A rear wall groove 3140 is formed on the rear surface of the lamp holder rear wall 314. The control printed board 6 is accommodated inside the rear wall groove 3140. The control printed board 6 is fixed to the lamp holder rear wall 314 by screws. The control printed board 6 is electrically connected to the light source printed board 34 by wires.

[0033] The connecting seat body 4 is used to fix the wing-shaped lampshade 2 and the wing skin 1. The connecting seat body 4 has a seat body wall 41, a seat body front upper wall 42, a seat body front lower wall 43, a seat body rear upper wall 44 and a seat body rear lower wall 45. The seat body wall 41 is connected to the seat body front upper wall 42, the seat body front lower wall 43, the seat body rear upper wall 44 and the seat body rear lower wall 45 as a whole.

[0034] The seat body wall 41 is disposed between the wing-shaped lampshade 2 and the wing skin 1. The seat body wall 41 is located behind the wing-shaped lampshade 2.

[0035] The rear upper wall 44 of the seat body extends backward from the rear of the seat body wall 41. An upper connecting hole is formed on the rear upper wall 44 of the seat body. An upper connected hole corresponding to the upper connecting hole is formed on the wing skin 1. There is a screw between the upper connecting hole and the upper connected hole, so that the rear upper wall 44 of the seat body is fixedly connected to the upper wing wall 11 of the skin.

[0036] The rear lower wall 45 of the seat body extends backward from the rear of the seat body wall 41. A lower connecting hole is formed on the rear lower wall 45 of the seat body. A lower connected hole corresponding to the lower connecting hole is formed on the wing skin 1. There is a screw between the lower connecting hole and the lower connected hole, so that the rear lower wall 45 of the seat body is fixedly connected to the lower wing wall 12 of the skin.

[0037] The seat front upper wall 42 extends backward from the rear edge of the lampshade upper wing wall 21 to the skin upper wing wall 11. The upper surface of the lampshade upper wing wall 21, the upper surface of the skin upper wing wall 11 and the upper surface of the seat front upper wall 42 are conformal.

[0038] The seat front lower wall 43 extends backward from the rear edge of the lampshade lower wing wall 22 to the skin lower wing wall 12. The lower surface of the lampshade lower wing wall 22, the lower surface of the skin lower wing wall 12 and the lower surface of the seat front lower wall 43 are conformal.

[0039] The rear edge of the upper wing wall 21 of the lampshade is formed with an upper connecting portion 211. The upper connecting portion 211 is respectively bonded to the lower surface of the front upper wall 42 of the seat body and the front surface of the seat body wall 41. Preferably, an upper chamfered surface is formed between the lower surface of the front upper wall 42 of the seat body and the front surface of the seat body wall 41 to define a glue storage tank.

[0040] The rear edge of the lampshade lower wing wall 22 is formed with a lower connecting portion 221. The lower connecting portion 221 is respectively bonded to the upper surface of the seat body front lower wall 43 and the front surface of the seat body wall 41. Preferably, a lower chamfered surface is provided between the upper surface of the seat body front lower wall 43 and the front surface of the seat body wall 41 to define a glue storage tank.

[0041] The upper connecting portion 211 and the lower connecting portion 221 are provided with etched surfaces to ensure the sealing performance between the wing-shaped lampshade 2 and the connecting seat body 4 .

[0042] The electrical connector 5 is placed behind the seat wall 41. The electrical connector 5 is fixed to the seat wall 41 by screws. The control printed circuit board 6 is electrically connected to the electrical connector 5 by wires.

[0043] The above only expresses the implementation mode of the present invention, and its description is relatively specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this field, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, which all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be based on the attached claims.

Claims

1. A wing conformal navigation light structure, characterized in that: It is composed of wing skin, wing-shaped lamp cover, visible light component and connecting seat body; A skin notch is formed on the wing skin, and the wing skin comprises a skin upper wing wall and a skin lower wing wall; The wing-shaped lampshade is placed at the notch of the skin, and the wing-shaped lampshade comprises an upper wing wall of the lampshade, a lower wing wall of the lampshade, a left wall of the lampshade between the left edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade and the left edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and a right wall of the lampshade between the right edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade and the right edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and the upper wing wall of the lampshade, the lower wing wall of the lampshade, the left wall of the lampshade and the right wall of the lampshade jointly define a lampshade accommodating space with a rearward opening; The visible light component is placed inside the lampshade accommodating space, and the visible light component has a wing-shaped lamp holder and a light source printed circuit board. The wing-shaped lamp holder has an upper wing wall of the lamp holder, a lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a front wall of the lamp holder between the front edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the front edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a rear wall of the lamp holder between the rear edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the rear edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, a left wall of the lamp holder between the left edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the left edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, and a right wall of the lamp holder between the right edge of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder and the right edge of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder, the upper surface of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder matches with the lower surface of the upper wing wall of the lampshade, the lower surface of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder matches with the upper surface of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, and the light source printed circuit board is arranged on the front wall of the lamp holder; The connecting seat body is used to fix the wing-shaped lampshade and the wing skin, and the connecting seat body has a seat body wall, a front upper wall of the seat body, a front lower wall of the seat body, a rear upper wall of the seat body and a rear lower wall of the seat body, and the seat body wall is respectively connected to the front upper wall of the seat body, the front lower wall of the seat body, the rear upper wall of the seat body and the rear lower wall of the seat body. The seat body wall is located behind the wing-shaped lampshade, and the rear upper wall of the seat body extends backward from the rear of the seat body wall and the rear upper wall of the seat body is fixedly connected to the upper wing wall of the skin, and the rear lower wall of the seat body is connected to the rear upper wall of the seat body. The rear of the seat body wall extends backwards and the rear lower wall of the seat body is fixedly connected to the lower wing wall of the skin; the front upper wall of the seat body extends backwards from the rear edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade to the upper wing wall of the skin; the upper surface of the upper wing wall of the lampshade, the upper surface of the upper wing wall of the skin and the upper surface of the front upper wall of the seat body are conformal; the front lower wall of the seat body extends backwards from the rear edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade to the lower wing wall of the skin; the lower surface of the lower wing wall of the lampshade, the lower surface of the lower wing wall of the skin and the lower surface of the front lower wall of the seat body are conformal; The visible light component also has a rubber pad; the left side of the left wall of the lamp holder and the right side of the right wall of the lamp holder are both formed with side wall grooves, and the inside of the side wall grooves has a rubber pad, and the rubber pad is against the left wall of the lamp cover and the right wall of the lamp cover; The front wall of the lamp holder is an arc surface that is concave backwards. The light source printed circuit board is bonded to the right half of the front of the front wall of the lamp holder. The left half of the front of the front wall of the lamp holder is made into a reflective surface by vacuum aluminum plating.

2. The wing conformal navigation light structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The visible light component also has a sealing ring; a sealing groove is formed on the wing-shaped lamp holder, and the sealing groove is arranged on the rear side of the light source printed circuit board. The sealing groove passes through the top of the upper wing wall of the lamp holder, the left side of the left wall of the lamp holder, the bottom of the lower wing wall of the lamp holder and the right side of the right wall of the lamp holder in sequence to form a closed ring. A sealing ring is accommodated inside the sealing groove, and the sealing ring separates the light source printed circuit board separately.

3. The wing conformal navigation light structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: An upper connecting hole is formed on the rear upper wall of the seat body, an upper connected hole corresponding to the upper connecting hole is formed on the upper wing wall of the skin, and a screw is provided between the upper connecting hole and the upper connected hole, so that the rear upper wall of the seat body and the upper wing wall of the skin are fixedly connected; and / or a lower connecting hole is formed on the rear lower wall of the seat body, a lower connected hole corresponding to the lower connecting hole is formed on the lower wing wall of the skin, and a screw is provided between the lower connecting hole and the lower connected hole, so that the rear lower wall of the seat body and the lower wing wall of the skin are fixedly connected.

4. The wing conformal navigation light structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: An upper connecting portion is formed at the rear edge of the upper wing wall of the lampshade, and the upper connecting portion is respectively bonded to the lower surface of the front upper wall of the seat body and the front surface of the seat body wall; The rear edge of the lower wing wall of the lampshade is formed with a lower connecting portion; The lower connecting portion is respectively bonded to the upper surface of the front lower wall of the seat body and the front surface of the seat body wall.

5. The wing conformal navigation light structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: An upper chamfered surface is provided between the lower side of the front upper wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall to define a glue storage groove; and / or, a lower chamfered surface is provided between the upper side of the front lower wall of the seat body and the front side of the seat body wall to define a glue storage groove.

6. The wing conformal navigation light structure according to claim 4, characterized in that: The upper connecting portion and the lower connecting portion adopt etched surfaces.

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