Dissipation of electrostatic charge from substrates

US8717734B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Scott R. Johnston · Chesterfield, US
• John Koval · Baptistown, US
• Matthew M. Thomas · Madison, US
• Robert R. Johnson · Kirkwood, US
• Michael P. Gleason · Waterford Township, US
• Michael R. Miller · Winnetka, US
• Gregory M. Sisti · Florissant, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2011
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C1/1492
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure is related to articles, such as aircraft windows and canopies, including a non-conductive substrate and a conductor pattern including one or more trace lines deposited onto the outside of the substrate such that the entire outside surface of the substrate is not coated with the conductor pattern. The present disclosure also provides methods of dissipating electrostatic charge from non-conductive substrates.