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US 2010/0147546 A1Published application
Expanded metal lightning protection foils with isotropic electrical resistance
OwnerKenneth Mull, Robert Bochmaninventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an expanded metal having substantially isotropic electrical resistance in at least two dimensions. Also disclosed are a composite structure comprising an expanded metal as disclosed herein and a lightning protection system comprising the expanded metal. Methods for manufacturing the expanded metal are also disclosed.
Claims12
An expanded metal having substantially isotropic electrical resistance in at least two dimensions.
A method of making an expanded metal, the method comprising:
- a. forming a plurality of openings in a metal sheet good;
- b. stretching the metal sheet good in at least a first direction so as to form an expanded metal having a predetermined electrical resistance in each of the first direction and a second direction perpendicular thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.