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US 2016/0257394 A1Published application
Conductive thermoplastic ground plane for use in an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMichael P. Gleason, Mathew Albert Coffman, David G. Betterly, Michael A. Arrowsmith, John M. Robertson, Anthony Michael Hoff
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Abstract
An aircraft skin panel includes a laminated composite layer and a ground plane coupled to the composite layer, wherein the ground plane is an electrically conductive elastic thermoplastic.
Claims20
An aircraft skin panel comprising:
- a laminated composite layer;
- and
- a ground plane coupled to said composite layer, wherein said ground plane is an electrically conductive elastic thermoplastic.
An aircraft comprising:
- a deformable structure;
- a plurality of skin panels coupled to said deformable structure;
- and
- a ground plane coupled to at least one of said skin panels, wherein said ground plane is an electrically conductive elastic thermoplastic.
1 more element
A method of manufacturing an aircraft skin panel, said method comprising:
- forming a ground plane from an electrically conductive elastic thermoplastic;
- and
- coupling the ground plane to a laminated composite layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.