Aeronautics and astronautics – Miscellaneous
Patent
1994-06-01
1996-08-06
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Miscellaneous
361218, B64D 4502
Patent
active
055426247
ABSTRACT:
Lightning strike protection for an aircraft or part of an aircraft is provided by mounting metal (aluminium) rods adjacent but spaced from the inner surface of the aircraft wall. The rods are provided with ball joints from which extensions through the wall stand proud of the aircraft outer surface and within the material of static dischargers. The rods are coupled to bus bar which run the length of the aircraft in turn are coupled to lightning strike dischargers (again in the form of metal rods carried on but spaced from the wall of an aircraft and having extensions which pass through the aircraft wall). The application of the lightning strike protection system to radomes, antennas, pitot tubes carbon fiber reinforced plastics structures is discussed, in the former two cases metal rods being provided to extend in the null field of a device within the radome or the antenna. The mounting of the conductive rods spaced from the wall of the aircraft means that they make safely take surges of electromotive force caused by lightning strikes without damaging the fabric of the aircraft wall.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2333975 (1943-11-01), Bennett
patent: 3428270 (1969-02-01), Knight et al.
patent: 3585447 (1971-06-01), McLain
patent: 5159521 (1992-10-01), Guangrun et al.
Barefoot Galen L.
HR Smith (Technical Developments) Ltd.
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