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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2017
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Om Prakash, Bangalore, IN;

Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Tamilnadu, IN;

R. Anbarasan, Tamilnadu, IN;

S. Meenatchi Sundaram, Tamilnadu, IN;

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/08 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); G01W 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/02 (2013.01); G01R 29/08 (2013.01); G01W 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example lightning strike protection system of an aircraft includes: (i) a capacitor having a predetermined capacity to hold a predetermined quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor; (ii) a voltage generating device coupled to the capacitor, where as a quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor exceeds the predetermined capacity of the capacitor, the voltage generating device converts the electric charge stored in the capacitor into a voltage to generate a lightning leader from the aircraft; and (iii) a conductive path embedded in the aircraft to channel a lightning strike induced by a connection of the lightning leader with an oncoming lightning leader therethrough to be discharged away from the aircraft.


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