Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lightning protection for vehicles
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Application No.: US14775935Application Date: 2014-03-13
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Publication No.: US09834319B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Christopher Charles Rawlinson Jones
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Priority: EP13275059 20130314; GB1304586.9 20130314
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/050755 WO 20140313
- International Announcement: WO2014/140584 WO 20140918
- Main IPC: B64D45/02
- IPC: B64D45/02 ; B64D7/00 ; H05F3/04

Abstract:
A vehicle (2) comprising a vehicle part (4), the vehicle part (4) comprising: an electrically conductive core (6); a non-electrically conductive outer skin (8) made of a radar-absorbent material which surrounds, at least to some extent, the core (6) such that the core (6) is not visible from outside the vehicle (2); and one or more electrically conductive members (10) electrically connected to the core (6); each of the one or more members (10) is a tapered member having a relatively large cross sectional area where that member (10) is electrically connected to the core (6), and tapers from its end that is connected to the core (6) to a point; and the point of each member (10) is located at an outer surface of the external skin (8) such that the point of each of the members (10) is exposed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160023777A1 LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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