Micro lens array LED module for uniform aircraft cabin
This technology is a specialized lighting fixture for aircraft cabins that uses an array of tiny lenses to precisely shape and direct colored LED light across the interior. The system combines a collimating lens, a structured micro lens array, and a reflective mirror to bend and spread light in a controlled pattern without hotspots or wasted illumination. The LED sources can produce variable colors, controlled via a communication interface, enabling mood lighting or functional illumination zones. The compact optical stack allows the fixture to be mounted in tight aircraft interior spaces while still covering a broad, uniform area.
What you could build
A drop-in LED lighting module for commercial and business aircraft cabins offering programmable color ambiance and uniform coverage; primary buyers would be aircraft interior OEMs (like Diehl Aviation or Collins Aerospace) and MRO shops retrofitting cabin interiors.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractors, particularly those serving commercial aviation MRO or military aircraft interior programs at facilities around Dulles or Newport News, would be natural licensing or partnership targets.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Michael Palagashvili, Timothy Todd King
- Granted
- October 27, 2015
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 9169017
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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