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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Ilsop Steven Yoon, Renton, WA (US);
Jeffrey D. Eichinger, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Kevin Darrell Pate, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ilsop Steven Yoon, Renton, WA (US);
Jeffrey D. Eichinger, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Kevin Darrell Pate, Kirkland, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for covering a fastener system. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises a cover. The cover is configured to be placed over a fastener system at a surface of an object in which the fastener system is installed. The cover is comprised of a number of composite materials selected such that the cover is configured to reduce an effect of an electrical discharge, which occurs around the fastener system, on an environment outside the cover.