Manufacturing method for composite material structural component for aircraft and its structural component

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a structural component includes a first step of attaching at least one conductive member to a surface of a base material made of a composite material and a second step of forming the base material by conducting electricity to part or the whole of the conductive member to generate heat and/or making an assembly of the structural component by conducting electricity to part or the whole of the conductive member to generate heat. Part or the whole of the conductive member contained in the structural component produced in the first and second steps serves as a member giving to the aircraft at least one of a lightning strike protection function, an anti-icing and deicing function and an electromagnetic interference shielding function.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A structural component made of a composite material and constituting part of an aircraft, the structural component comprising a composite part made of the composite material and a conductor part made of a conductive material, the conductor part serving as a part that gives to the aircraft at least one of a lightning strike protection function, an anti-icing and deicing function and an electromagnetic interference shielding function and functions as a heating element for at least one of formation of the composite material and assembly of the structural component in manufacturing the structural component. 
     
     
         2 . A structural component made of a composite material and constituting part of an aircraft, the structural component comprising a composite part made of the composite material and a conductor part made of a conductive material, the conductor part serving as a part that gives to the aircraft at least two of a lightning strike protection function, an anti-icing and deicing function, an electromagnetic interference shielding function, a function of a heating element for formation of the composite material in manufacturing the structural component and a function of a heating element for assembly of the structural component in manufacturing the structural component.