Patent ID: 8231751

Claim:
A method for reworking an electrically conductive layer on a composite skin, comprising: removing a portion of the electrically conductive layer within a rework area to reveal the underlying composite skin, leaving an unremoved section of the electrically conductive layer; and introducing a replacement electrically conductive section and a solid film adhesive layer having a low dielectric breakdown strength, such that electricity from lightning which strikes the rework area may be conducted through said adhesive layer, over said underlying composite skin such that said adhesive layer covers the underlying composite skin and overlaps an unremoved portion of the electrically conductive layer, and such that said replacement electrically conductive section overlaps the unremoved section of the electrically conductive layer, said adhesive layer being sandwiched between and in contact with said unremoved portion of the electrically conductive layer and said replacement electrically conductive section.