Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for inspecting the damage to the skin of an aeroplane after a lightning strike
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Application No.: US16319104Application Date: 2017-06-29
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Publication No.: US11260986B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Valentin Garcia Martinez , Richard Murillo , Sebastien Dupouy , Antoine Bregand , Irene Borillo Llorca , Romain Coëmet
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L. , AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.) , AIRBUS S.A.S.
- Applicant Address: ES Getafe; FR Toulouse; FR Blagnac
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.,AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.),AIRBUS S.A.S.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.,AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.),AIRBUS S.A.S.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Getafe; FR Toulouse; FR Blagnac
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP16382343 20160718
- International Application: PCT/ES2017/070475 WO 20170629
- International Announcement: WO2018/015592 WO 20180125
- Main IPC: B64D45/02
- IPC: B64D45/02 ; B64F5/60 ; B64F5/40 ; G07C5/08 ; G06Q10/00 ; B64C1/12 ; B64D45/00
Abstract:
A method and device for inspecting the structural damage on the skin of an aircraft after a lightning strike, the skin has marks derived from the lightning strike, wherein the marks represent a Visual Damage (VD) and a Structural Damage (SD). The method includes for every mark: measuring the area of paint that has been removed by the lightning strike, and comparing the measured area with an area threshold value, wherein the threshold value is related to the Structural Damage (SD) of every mark.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190263535A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING THE DAMAGE TO THE SKIN OF AN AEROPLANE AFTER A LIGHTNING STRIKE Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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