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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
William R. Crain, Jr., Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Wayne E. Kooker, Camarillo, CA (US);
Dan J. Mabry, El Segundo, CA (US);
Susan Crain, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
James L. Roeder, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Joseph F. Fennell, Torrance, CA (US);
Joseph E. Mazur, Bristow, VA (US);
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A charge detection device includes a dielectric member, a base plate coupled to the dielectric member, and a processing unit coupled to the plate. The dielectric member is representative of at least one material on a location of a vessel and the dielectric member induces an electrostatic potential energy when charged. The plate channels the induced energy through at least a portion of the device. The plate further receives at least one signal that is representative of an electrostatic discharge from a different location of the vessel. The processing unit generates at least one first output of a measurement for the induced energy. The processing unit further generates at least one second output of the presence of the electrostatic discharge to facilitate a correlation between the first and second outputs such that a user is enabled to determine the presence of at least one hazardous charging condition on the vessel.