Corrosion resistant gasket for aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPatrick W. Gaines, Mickey A. Williamson
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Abstract
A corrosion resistant gasket for aircraft, and more particularly to encapsulation of a conductive mesh in a pliable fluorosilicone compound that will not become bonded to mating surfaces and will also migrate upon compression during installation to the threads of attaching hardware utilized between the instrument, antenna, and aircraft structure, thereby reducing corrosion through the attaching hardware, by providing a hermetic seal around the periphery of the envelope of the attached device.
Claims6
A method of electrically conductively bonding opposing mating surfaces comprising the step of:
- providing a layer of uncured, uncatalyized thixotropic fluorosilicone;
- disposing an electrically soft compressable conductive woven member between said layer of fluorosilicone;
- then compressing the opposing mating surfaces together, thereby electrically conductively bonding said opposing mating surfaces together.
A method of electrically conductively bonding opposing mating surfaces comprising the steps of:
- providing a layer of fluorosilicone compound;
- dispersing an electrically conductive woven member between said layer of an uncured, uncatylized, unvolcanized fluorosilicone compound, containing no discernible silicone oil or water in the compound;
- inserting said conductive member pair of layers between said fluorosilicone compound between the opposing mating surfaces;
- and,
- then compressing the opposing mating surfaces together, thereby electrically conductively bonding said opposing mating surfaces together and providing a hermetic seal, that is resistant to hydrocarbons found in modern day airplanes.
A method of electrically conductively bonding opposing mating surfaces comprising the step of:
- providing a of layer of thixotropic compound;
- disposing an electrically conductive woven member of thixotropic compound;
- placing said conductive woven member between the opposing mating surfaces of the uncured, uncatalyized thixotropic fluorosilicone;
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- then compressing the opposing mating surfaces together, thereby electrically conductively bonding said opposing mating surfaces together.
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