Aircraft having an avionics system including avionics equipment that has primary lightning protector and is connected in series via wired connection to supplemental lightning protector

摘要

An aircraft having an avionics system comprising a plurality of avionics equipment and a system of connections, the avionics equipment incorporating protection means for providing protection against indirect effects of lightning, the system of connections including wired connections and connectors between the wired connections. The avionics system has at least one avionics equipment with protection means that are insufficient for providing total protection against the indirect effects of lightning when the equipment is incorporated in the structure, which equipment is connected to at least one connector including a resistor connected in series relative to at least one wired connection secured to the resistive connector.

主权项

1. An aircraft comprising:
a structure; an avionics system including a plurality of pieces of avionics equipment and a system of connections between the pieces of avionics equipment, the pieces of avionics equipment configured to transmit and receive input and output signals with one another over the system of connections, the system of connections including wired connections connected to the pieces of avionics equipment and connectors secured between the wired connections; at least one of the pieces of avionics equipment including protection means including at least one semiconductor member for providing protection against indirect effects of lightning; wherein at least one piece of avionics equipment is referred to as a piece of “insufficiently protected equipment” in that the protection means of the piece of insufficiently protected equipment is insufficient for ensuring that the piece of insufficiently protected equipment is completely protected against the indirect effects of lightning given a predetermined specification relating the integration of the piece of insufficiently protected equipment in the structure; and wherein each piece of insufficiently protected equipment is connected to at least one connector referred to as a “resistive” connector that includes a resistor arranged in series with the wired connections secured to the resistive connector whereby the resistor supplements the protection against indirect effects of lightning.