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US 2018/0205203 A1Published application
Polarized lightning arrestors
AssigneeDeep Science, LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Thomas Allan Weaver, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Abstract
Systems and methods for dynamically defending a site from lightning strikes are provided. The systems and methods involve dynamically altering electrostatic fields above the site and/or dynamically intervening in lightning.
Claims31
A system comprising:
- a controller configured to control a biasing device to alter a potential of a lightning arrestor in response to a sensor detecting at least one of a lightning step leader and an upward earth streamer approaching an atmospheric charge accumulation, wherein altering the potential of the lighting arrestor is based on the overhead atmospheric charge accumulation and wherein the lightning arrestor is configured to intercept a lightning strike;
- wherein the lightning arrestor is a first lighting arrestor of a plurality of lighting arrestors.
A system comprising:
- a device coupled with a sensor arranged to detect at least one of a lightning step leader descending from and an upward earth streamer ascending toward an atmospheric charge accumulation, the device arranged to prepare a charge conductive path through the atmosphere in response to the at least one of the detected step leader and the upward earth streamer.
A method comprising:
- preparing, by a lightning arrestor device, a charge conductive path through the atmosphere in response to at least one of sensing, by a lightning sensor, a lightning step leader leaving an atmospheric charge accumulation and sensing, by the lightning sensor, an upward earth streamer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.