STRUCTURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPONENT WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION BY USING CARBON NANO TUBE MATS AND METALLIC LAYERS

• Main Authors: Karch, Christian, Wolfrum, Johannes, Lenczowski, Blanka, Yeshurun, Yehoshua
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.03.2023
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; METALLURGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

The present invention pertains to a structural component (1), in particular for an aircraft, spacecraft or rocket (10), comprising: a ply (2) of fiber reinforced polymer; a first carbon nano tube mat (3); and a metallic layer (4), wherein the carbon nano tube mat (3) and the metallic layer (4) are arranged on the ply (2) of fiber reinforced polymer to form a hybrid lightning strike protection layer (5). The invention further pertains to a component for manufacturing such a structural component, a method for manufacturing a component of this type, a method for manufacturing a structural component and an aircraft or spacecraft comprising such a structural component.