Protection device against electrical discharges in aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorsJose Ignacio LOPEZ-REINA TORRIJOS, Oscar Berenguer Monge
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Abstract
This invention relates to a protection device against electrical discharges to an aircraft, especially against lightning, applicable to an external structural surface element (1), completely or partially built from a composite, comprising at least one metallic attachment element (7) with countersinking, a fine metallic mesh (2) for outer protection of said surface (1), a thick metallic mesh (5) in an area around the attachment elements (7); a metallic part (11) fixed to the inner face of the surfacing (1) by means of an attachment element (7); and a metallic washer (9) surrounding the countersunk area of the to attachment element (7) with which said metallic meshes (2, 5) come into contact.
Claims5
A protection device against electrical discharges, especially against lightning, of an aircraft structural surface element (1), completely or partially built from a composite, comprising at least one metallic attachment element (7) with countersinking, a thin metallic mesh (2) for outer protection of said surfacing (1), characterized in that it also comprises the following elements:
- a) a thick metallic mesh (5) in an area around the attachment elements (7);
- b) a metallic part 11 fixed to the inner face of the surface (1) by means of an attachment element (7);
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- c) a metallic washer (9) surrounding the countersunk area of the attachment element (7) with which said metallic meshes (2, 5) come into contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.