Grounding terminal for lightning diverter strip
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorCharles H. King
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Abstract
A terminal for a high current lightning ionization channel is provided which has a truncated V-notch shaped end portion to which the lightning diverter strip is fastened by a bolt and dimpled washer arrangement. Electrical continuity of the diverter strip remains unbroken, thereby preventing the diverter strip from becoming a noise source during triboelectric charging conditions.
Claims2
A system for conducting lightning induced electrical currents to a metallic grounding structure in an aircraft, said system comprising:
- a lightning diverter strip for conducting lightning induced electrical currents along an aircraft outer surface portion;
- a grounding terminal having an end portion including a truncated V-notch shaped end surface;
- said lightning diverter strip coupled across said aircraft outer surface portion and through the center region of said truncated V-notch shaped end surface to said metallic grounding structure.
A grounding terminal for terminating a lightning ionization channel while providing p-static grounding, said grounding terminal comprising:
- an elongated electrical conductor having a generally rectangularly shaped cross section, and a first end portion for providing a terminus for said lightning ionization channel, said end portion having a truncated V-shaped notch, said end portion including a pair of apertures for providing electrically conductive connections to a conductive member in a supporting structure for said grounding terminal;
- and,
- a bolt and dimpled washer assembly disposed along the length of said electrical conductor outside said end portion having a truncated V-shaped notch for providing a terminus for p-static ground currents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.