A device for providing a grounding path between an outer surface of a gas turbine aircraft engine and an inner surface of a gas turbine aircraft engine uses a structural guide vane (SGV) with a nonconductive coating on the surface. Bolts are put in bolt holes that have a bolt receiving cavity without the nonconductive coating. A washer and bolt are used so that attachment of the SGV to a surface provides a ground path from the SGV through the bolt, washer and nut for electrical engagement with a surface to which the bolt attaches the SGV.
Selective coating removal or masking for ground path
2016-08-23
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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