A method for conditioning to reduce lightning strike effects is provided herein. The method includes positioning a plurality of tabs on a component. The plurality of tabs are electrically conductive. The component includes at least one of a composite material and a metal material having at least one joint. The method includes positioning the component on a support that is electrically insulated, and connecting a plurality of wires between an initial set of the plurality of tabs and a pulse generator. The pulse generator is configured to generate a plurality of current pulses through the plurality of wires. The plurality of current pulses imitate a plurality of lightning strikes. The method further includes striking the component with the plurality of current pulses from the pulse generator, and reconnecting the plurality of wires to one or more different sets of the plurality of tabs between the plurality of current pulses.

A through roof connector assembly for connecting an air termination conductor to a conducting rod through a roof of a structure while limiting water ingress into the roof. The through roof connector assembly includes a universal top, a threaded stud, a conduit connection component with an upper threaded tap hole and a lower threaded tap hole which do not meet to provide a completely weatherproof connection, and a conduit extending through a roof membrane when installed in the roof. The conduit has within a conducting rod, the conducting rod threaded the lower threaded tap hole of the conduit connection component. The air terminal also threads into the threaded stud. An o-ring is located between the conduit connection component and the conduit to provide a further weatherproof connection.

An uninhabited aerial vehicle includes: a calculator that calculates position information indicating a position and an altitude of the vehicle; an image capturing unit that captures an image; a lightning rod; a controller that controls the position and altitude of the vehicle; and a communicator which performs information communication, wherein the calculator transmits the position information to the communicator, the image capturing unit calculates a position of an object to be protected against a thunderbolt from the image, and transmits the calculated position to the communicator, the communicator transmits the position information received from the calculator and the position of the object received from the image capturing unit to the outside, and receives flight instruction information, and the controller controls the position and the altitude of the vehicle based on received flight instruction information of the received flight instruction information.

A portable lightning protection system including a multi-section conductive mast assembly including at least a base mast section and a top mast section; an air terminal attachable to the top mast section; and a base assembly attachable to the base mast section via a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly may be configured to allow the base mast section to hinge relative to the base assembly. A catenary lightning protection system including at least two lightning protection systems, each lightning protection system may include a multi-section conductive mast assembly including at least a base mast section and a top mast section; an air terminal attachable to the top mast section; a base assembly attachable to the base mast section; and may further include a catenary wire connected between the at least two lightning protection systems.

The technology relates to techniques for lightweight brackets for storm hardening of aircraft components. A bracket flange for protecting an electronics assembly from electrical storm activity can include a leg element coupled to and extending from a component of a vehicle and a first bar element extending from another end of the leg element on a plane substantially parallel to the component and over a part of an electronics assembly. The location of the bracket flange can be determined using a lightning attachment survey configured to indicate a part of the electronics assembly to which a lightning streamer attaches during an electrical surge. The location and size of the bracket flange may be configured to divert surge current away from the part of the electronics assembly to which the lightning streamer attaches in the lightning attachment survey.

A lightning protector device for laying on a structure that is to be protected the device comprises: a surface coating including at least one conductive paint layer. A plurality of electrically conductive elements is arranged in spaced-apart manner on the structure, and the elements are in contact with the conductive paint layer. A protective coating is arranged on the surface coating and comprises a material that is thermally insulating and electrically conductive. The protective coating covers the electrically conductive elements in part.

An elbow arrester with a T-body is disclosed capable of coupling with an apparatus for protection from transient over voltage, and coupling with additional cable accessories, without having to loosen the initial connection with the coupled apparatus. The elbow body of the T-body arrester has a first portion, and a second portion protruding from an intermediate section of the first portion to define a T-body. A receiving feature is located within the first portion extending towards a first end, while a male feature is coupled to a second end of the first portion, opposite from the receiving feature. A coupling fastener is integrally molded into the first portion, providing for an apparatus coupled to the coupling fastener to be decoupled without loosening the connection of another apparatus connected to the T-Body elbow. Further, decoupling the other apparatus does not loosen the apparatus coupled to the coupling fastener.

Provided is a lightning suppression type arrester that can easily increase a quantity of negative charges required for lightning suppression while simplifying workability associated with installation as much as possible. A lightning suppression type arrester for suppressing lightning on a structure includes a charged body made of a conductive material provided in an electrically insulated state on a top of the structure, a first electrode body including a capacitor electrically connected to the charged body, the capacitor being installed on a ground and electrically connected to the ground, and a second electrode body opposed to the first electrode body via an electrical insulating layer to store an electric charge by a capacitance between the first electrode body and the second electrode body, in which the second electrode body is electrically connected to the charged body.

A wind turbine blade comprising a main blade portion having a root end and a tip end, wherein a leading edge and a trailing edge extend between the root end and the tip end, and a conductive blade tip module that abuts the tip end of the main blade portion; wherein the conductive blade tip module comprises an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis transverse to a spanwise axis of the blade, and wherein the conductive blade tip module has a length in a direction along said longitudinal axis that is greater than a chord length of the blade tip interface.

A fully insulated tip unit (1) for a lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade (2) is disclosed, comprising an electrically conducting tip (3), which tip consists of an external part (4) and an internal part (5), at least one side receptor base (6), an internal tip unit conductor (8), an insulated electric cable (9) for forming the outermost part of a down conductor (10), and a connection element (12) for establishing electrical connection between the insulated electric cable and the other conducting parts of the tip unit, wherein the internal part of the tip, the side receptor base(s), the internal tip conductor, the connection element and one end of the insulated electric cable are all embedded by casting in an insulating material (13) leaving only the external part of the tip and the other end of the insulated electric cable uncovered by the insulating material. Furthermore, a wind turbine blade comprising such a tip unit is disclosed.