The Boeing Company

Ed Woods

Kamiar J Karimi

Mark Eugene Liffring

Mark Stephen Shander

Thomas R Hasenoehrl

John T Paterson

Marvin J Whitney

Mark S Shander

A composite vehicle architecture without a current return network for reducing lightning threats. A plurality of modular equipment centers (MECs) are spatially distributed throughout the vehicle. Equipment loads within the vehicle are each serviced by the nearest MEC. Twisted and shielded electrical conductor pairs provide secondary power to the equipment loads to minimize the amount of wire throughout the aircraft as well as the return currents on the aircraft.

Modular equipment center lightning threat reduction architecture

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Poulsbo, WA, United States of America

Ed Woods