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Patent No.:

US 10604272 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

May. 30, 2019

Ultra-thin metallic foil for lightning strike protection

Applicant:

Airbus Sas, Blagnac, FR;

Inventors:

Mohammed Salim Rahamat, Wolcott, CT (US);

Mark A. Murdoch, Somers, CT (US);

Kenneth William Burtt, Jr., Portland, CT (US);

Brett Alexander Macdonald, Bristol, CT (US);

Franck Flourens, Blagnac, FR;

Richard Murillo, Blagnac, FR;

Valentin García Martínez, Madrid, ES;

Pablo Perez Cabrero, Madrid, ES;

Assignee:

Airbus SAS, Blagnac, FR;

Attorney:

Greer, Burns & Crain Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Michael E La Villa

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/02 (2006.01); B26F 1/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/40 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/384 (2014.01); C23C 28/04 (2006.01); C23C 28/00 (2006.01); C23C 30/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/20 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/20 (2006.01); B32B 7/025 (2019.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/18 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 26/384 (2015.10); B23K 26/40 (2013.01); B26F 1/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 3/20 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 7/025 (2019.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B32B 15/20 (2013.01); C23C 28/04 (2013.01); C23C 28/046 (2013.01); C23C 28/34 (2013.01); C23C 28/345 (2013.01); C23C 30/00 (2013.01); C23C 30/005 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2101/18 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); C23C 2222/20 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1266 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1291 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12361 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12368 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12431 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12438 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12569 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12611 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12618 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12667 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12736 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12882 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12903 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24273 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24281 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24289 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24298 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24306 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24314 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24388 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24413 (2015.01);
Abstract

A metallic foil for lightning strike protection in a composite aerospace structure having a length, a width, and a thickness of not more than 30 microns. There are a plurality of pores of a predefined geometric shape extending through the thickness of the metallic foil and being distributed across a surface area defined by the length and the width of the metallic foil. The plurality of pores in the aggregate define an open area of not more than 40% of the surface area and the metallic foil has a weight of not more than 115 g/m. The metallic foil has a weight to conductivity ratio of not more than 0.40 gram-ohms per square.

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