Lightweight Bracket for Storm Hardening of Aircraft Components

A bracket flange for protecting an electronics assembly from electrical storm activity, the bracket flange comprising:

• a leg element coupled to and extending from a base plate at one end of the leg element, an electronics assembly being mounted, at least in part, to the base plate;
• and
• a first bar element extending from another end of the leg element on a plane substantially parallel to the base plate and over a part of the electronics assembly,
• wherein the leg element is coupled to a location on an outer perimeter of the base plate, the location being determined using a lightning attachment survey configured to indicate a part of the electronics assembly to which a lightning streamer attaches during an electrical surge, the electrical surge configured to mimic the electrical storm activity;
• wherein the location is configured to place the leg element and first bar element in a configuration configured to divert surge current away from the part of the electronics assembly to which the lightning streamer attaches in the lightning attachment survey, and
• wherein the leg element and first bar element are formed of a conductive material.