Electrical conductor pathway system and method of making the same

US10118712B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Victoria L. Garcia · Everett, US
• Mark J. Gardner · Snohomish, US
• Otis F. Layton · Bonney Lake, US
• Jeffrey Lynn Duce · Milton, US
• Joseph A. Marshall · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N30/302
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosure provides in one embodiment an electrical conductor pathway system for diverting an electric charge. The electrical conductor pathway system includes a substrate having a first surface to be printed on and having one or more grounding points. The electrical conductor pathway system further includes a direct write conductive material pattern printed directly onto the first surface via a direct write printing process. The direct write conductive material pattern forms one or more electrical pathways interconnected with the one or more grounding points. The one or more electrical pathways interconnected with the one or more grounding points divert the electric charge from the first surface to the one or more grounding points.