Patent ID: 11919656
Assignee: GENERAL NANO LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  D | IPC B  C  D

Claim 0:
1. A conductive broad good, useful in the construction of an aircraft and in protecting the aircraft from a lightning strike, comprising:
a plurality of carbon fibers randomly-oriented throughout the conductive broad good;
a binder material binding the plurality of carbon fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally-stable nonwoven veil;
a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers and the binder material of the dimensionally-stable nonwoven veil, the first metal coating comprising copper and having a basis weight of about 10-50 g/m2; and
a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, the second metal coating comprising nickel and having a basis weight of about 5-20 g/m2,
wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly-conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally-stable nonwoven veil, and the conductive broad good has a basis weight of less than 60 g/m2 and a sheet resistance of less than 0.015 ohms per square (Ω/□).