US4523086A
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Flexible electrical thermal element
Assignee: HEW Kabel Heinz Eilentropp KG
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Filing: 1983-09-13
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Granted: 1985-06-11
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Expires: 2003-09-13
Abstract
Abstract A flexible heating element is suggested to be made on a continuous basis, so that desired length can be cut therefrom and includes individual, electrically insulated feeder lines and a heating being interlooped in interweaving fashion with the feeder lines, there being discrete locations of the feeder lines from which the insulation has been removed for making contact with the heating conductor for supplying power thereto.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Eilentropp
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:14
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/40; H05B3/54; H05B3/56; F; F16; F16L; F16L53/00; F16L53/30; F16L53/35; F16L53/38; H01; H01B; H01B7/00; H01B7/08; H01B7/0823; H05B3/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
Flexible element for one of the following, heating and temperature measurement, and to be made on a continuous basis so that a desired length can be cut therefrom, comprising, feeder lines each having an electrically conductive core and an electrically insulating layer thereon; and a respective heating conductor being interlooped in interweaving fashion with the feeder lines whereby the heating conductor loops around the feeder lines individually for obtaining a meshlike coherent configuration there being discrete locations of the feeder lines, from which the insulation layer thereof has been removed and making contact with the respective heating or measuring conductor thereat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
Flexible element for one of the following, heating and temperature measurement, and to be made on a continuous basis so that a desired length can be cut therefrom, comprising, feeder lines each having an electrically conductive core and an electrically insulating layer thereon; and a respective heating conductor being interlooped in interweaving fashion with the feeder lines whereby the heating conductor loops around the feeder lines individually for obtaining a meshlike coherent configuration there being discrete locations of the feeder lines, from which the insulation layer thereof has been removed and making contact with the respective heating or measuring conductor thereat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
Device as in claim 1 and including at least one additional supplemental line not making contact with the heating conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
Device as in claim 2, said feeder and supplemental lines being arranged in one plane next to each other, the heating conductor being arranged to loop back and forth across that plane persuant to the interweaving.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
Device as in claim 1 wherein the insulation is annularly removed at said location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
Device as in claim 1 wherein at least the feeder lines include a temperature resisting insulation on the basis of fluoropolymers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Device as in claim 1 wherein said insulation layers are made of a thermoplastic copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
Device as in claim 1 using non-thermoplastic fluoropolymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene as insulation layers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
Device as in claim 1 and including additional mechanical connections between the heating conductor conductor and the feeder line at the point of contact.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
Device as in claim 1, and including two feeder lines in contact with the heating conductor, and additional feeder lines for supplemental use.
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