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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jonathan D. Zook, Stillwater, MN (US);
Larry S. Hebert, Hudson, WI (US);
Michael D. Swan, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Sheng Ye, Woodbury, MN (US);
Susan E. DeMoss, Stillwater, MN (US);
Robin E. Wright, Hudson, WI (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Louis, MN (US);
Abstract
A lightning protective seal cap comprising a seal cap that defines an interior, and a quantity of an uncured sealant that is curable by the application of actinic radiation so as to bind the seal cap to a fastener. The interior of the seal cap contains the quantity of uncured sealant, the seal cap is positionable over the fastener such that at least a portion of the fastener resides in the interior of the seal cap, and when the seal cap is in position over the fastener, the sealant containing seal cap prevents electrical arcing to the fastener from a lightning strike.