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Patent No.:

US 9708075 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2012

Lightning protection and detection system

Applicants:

Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);

George N. Szatkowski, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Marie Woodard, Hampton, VA (US);

Truong X. Nguyen, Hampton, VA (US);

Jay J. Ely, Yorktown, VA (US);

Chuantong Wang, Yorktown, VA (US);

John J. Mielnik, North, VA (US);

Sandra V. Koppen, Suffolk, VA (US);

Laura J. Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);

George N. Szatkowski, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Marie Woodard, Hampton, VA (US);

Truong X. Nguyen, Hampton, VA (US);

Jay J. Ely, Yorktown, VA (US);

Chuantong Wang, Yorktown, VA (US);

John J. Mielnik, North, VA (US);

Sandra V. Koppen, Suffolk, VA (US);

Laura J. Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);

Assignee:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:

Robin W. Edwards

Primary Examiner:

Huy Q Phan

Assistant Examiner:

Raul Rios Russo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01); G01N 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/02 (2013.01); G01R 29/0814 (2013.01); G01R 29/0842 (2013.01); G01R 31/2642 (2013.01); G01N 19/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lightning protection and detection system includes a non-conductive substrate material of an apparatus; a sensor formed of a conductive material and deposited on the non-conductive substrate material of the apparatus. The sensor includes a conductive trace formed in a continuous spiral winding starting at a first end at a center region of the sensor and ending at a second end at an outer corner region of the sensor, the first and second ends being open and unconnected. An electrical measurement system is in communication with the sensor and receives a resonant response from the sensor, to perform detection, in real-time, of lightning strike occurrences and damage therefrom to the sensor and the non-conductive substrate material.

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