Patents by Inventor Lionnel Espagnan

Lionnel Espagnan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lightning protection system and an aircraft having such a system
    Patent number: 8004815
    Abstract: A lightning protection system for a composite structure has an outer surface designed to be subject to an air flow. This system has an electrically conductive strip and fasteners from the strip to the structure. Since the structure has holes designed for the fasteners, at least some of these fasteners have an attachment element from the lightning to this structure. This attachment element is inserted into the hole with its top part approximately even with the outer surface of this structure, and the attachment element is in electrical contact with the electrically conductive strip. At least part of the electrically conductive strip is placed within the thickness of the structure and to be connected to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Loche, Francois Guillaumel, Lionnel Espagnan, Jean-Claude Marty
  • Lightning protection system and an aircraft having such a system
    Publication number: 20090159306
    Abstract: A lightning protection system for a composite structure has an outer surface designed to be subject to an air flow. This system has an electrically conductive strip and fasteners from the strip to the structure. Since the structure has holes designed for the fasteners, at least some of these fasteners have an attachment element from the lightning to this structure. This attachment element is inserted into the hole with its top part approximately even with the outer surface of this structure, and the attachment element is in electrical contact with the electrically conductive strip. At least part of the electrically conductive strip is placed within the thickness of the structure and to be connected the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Loche, Francois Guillaumel, Lionnel Espagnan, Jean-Claude Marty