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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2024
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Glory Christine Edwards, Edmonds, WA (US);
Arne K. Lewis, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64D 45/02 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composite fuselage section, including an outer skin comprising one or more composite materials, an internal framework to support the outer skin, and one or more mechanical fasteners disposed through the outer skin, wherein the internal framework is joined to the outer skin using the one or more mechanical fasteners, and wherein the outer skin includes a conductive layer surrounding at least one of the one or more mechanical fasteners to enhance an energy distribution of a lightning strike flowing across a surface of the composite fuselage section.