| US 7,570,475 B2 | ||
| Cowling assembly | ||
| Martin Cann, Somersset (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Westland Helicopters Limited, Yeovil, Somerset (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/481,695. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0514256.7 (GB), filed on Jul. 12, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0014071 A1, Jan. 18, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05F 3/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—218 [244/1 A] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A cowling assembly for a vehicle, the assembly including a generally external surface having secured thereto or adjacent thereto, at least one elongate lightning protection strip member, the lightning protection strip member including a lightning diverter strip and an electrically conductive lightning conductor strip, each of which extends over a part of the external surface of the cowling assembly, the lightning diverter strip at least when subjected to high electric field, enabling an ionized channel to be established along the lightening diverter strip to divert the lightning along the lightening diverter strip to the lightning conductor strip, and wherein the lightning conductor strip is connected to conduct the lightning from the lightning diverter strip to an earth of the vehicle. |