Patent ID: 7765864
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B64C,B64D,H01Q

Abstract:
1. Device for detecting lightning strikes on an electrically insulating structure having an external and an internal surface comprising, one or more lightning arrester diversion strips mounted on the external surface and subject to lightning strikes, the lightning arrester diversion strips being made of an electrically conductive material and electrically linked to an electrically conductive structure, at least one inductive sensor is fixed on the internal surface of said insulating structure close to at least one of the one or more lightning arrester diversion strips, said at least one inductive sensor being electrically isolated from the at least one of the one or more lightning arrester diversion strips and said at least one inductive sensor being arranged relative to said at least one lightning arrester strip to deliver a signal when a lightning strike causes a current to flow though the at least one lightning arrester diversion strip.