An example lightning strike protection system of an aircraft includes: (i) a capacitor having a predetermined capacity to hold a predetermined quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor; (ii) a voltage generating device coupled to the capacitor, where as a quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor exceeds the predetermined capacity of the capacitor, the voltage generating device converts the electric charge stored in the capacitor into a voltage to generate a lightning leader from the aircraft; and (iii) a conductive path embedded in the aircraft to channel a lightning strike induced by a connection of the lightning leader with an oncoming lightning leader therethrough to be discharged away from the aircraft.
Methods and systems for aircraft lightning strike protection
29.10.2019
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Methods and Systems for Aircraft Lightning Strike Protection
Europäisches Patentamt | 2019
|METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2019
|