SOURIAU Provides Composite Connectors for Revolutionary Solar Impulse Aircraft

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1st August 2011

Source: SOURIAU CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY

SOURIAU Provides Composite Connectors for Revolutionary Solar Impulse Aircraft

SOURIAU is providing power and signal electrical composite connectors for the revolutionary Solar Impulse solar powered aircraft, which completed a 26-hour non-stop flight in July 2010 and is working up to circle the earth without fuel only propelled by solar energy.

Through a partnership agreement Solar Impulse uses SOURIAU composite connectors to supply
and monitor the 4 electrical motors powered with solar panel and high performances battery.

Manufactured at SOURIAU Champagné facility, these connectors are made of composite
material with a special metallisation in order to be the lightest possible but also to ensure the
highest EMI protection performances.

The Solar Impulse aircraft flew though a full night relied solely on solar energy and produced no
environmentally harmful emissions.

The partnership with Solar Impulse is a reflection of the technical innovation spirit that exists in
SOURIAU.

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