The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Yuichiro Kamino, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An aircraft assembly is equipped with a lightning protection structure that is not easily destroyed by lightning current and that is highly reliable. The aircraft assembly includes a skin in which a CFRP layer serves as a main structure, a shear-tie that supports the skin from the inside, and a fastener that couples the skin and the shear-tie. A copper foil and an outside GRFP layer are provided on an outer surface side of the skin, in this order towards the outside, and a copper paint layer, which contains copper powder, is provided on the outside GFRP layer.