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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Arlene M. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Grant J. Erickson, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Joe Heeter, Sammamish, WA (US);
David W. Kwolek, Renton, WA (US);
Robert Steinle, Seattle, WA (US);
Kari L. Stromsland, Seattle, WA (US);
Arlene M. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Grant J. Erickson, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Joe Heeter, Sammamish, WA (US);
David W. Kwolek, Renton, WA (US);
Robert Steinle, Seattle, WA (US);
Kari L. Stromsland, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A precipitation static sensor includes a bottom flexible dielectric layer (e.g., a layer of urethane tape) configured to be attached to a wing or other external surface of an aircraft, a flexible conductive layer (e.g., a layer of aluminum tape) formed over a portion of the first flexible dielectric layer, and a conductor (such as a twisted-pair wire) coupled to the flexible conductive layer. A top flexible dielectric layer is formed over a portion of the bottom dielectric layer and a portion of the flexible conductive layer, thus forming an exposed detector region. In accordance with a further embodiment, multiple such precipitation static sensors are used and coupled to a meter device (e.g., a picoammeter), which may also be coupled to a data acquisition and display for providing a visual indication of the charge accumulated by the precipitation static sensors.