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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Phalgun Madhusudan, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 45/02 (2006.01); H02G 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); H01T 23/00 (2006.01); H01T 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 13/60 (2013.01); B64D 45/02 (2013.01); H01T 23/00 (2013.01); H01T 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed. The method includes: detecting, on or proximate to one or more surfaces of an aircraft, a presence of an electric-field above a predetermined threshold; and in response to the detection, activating one or more beam sources to generate an ionized column of charge away from the aircraft.