US 10,297,370 B1Granted

Forming a rigid cable harness with a curable sleeve

AssigneeTesa SE

InventorsPatrick Boecker, Andreas Meier, Brett Dibble, Robert Oliver

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Abstract

Provided are methods for forming a rigid cable harness. An example method includes providing a curable sleeve comprising a curable compound, an adhesive, and a backing; wherein the curable adhesive tape has a longitudinal direction. The method further includes placing a plurality of cables on the sleeve in the longitudinal direction and wrapping the curable sleeve around the placed plurality of cables to form a cable harness, wherein the wrapping comprises wrapping the plurality of cables with the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction. The method additionally includes positioning the cable harness into a desired shape and curing the curable compound of the cable harness to form the rigid cable harness, wherein the rigid cable harness has the desired shape.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method for forming a rigid cable harness comprising:

providing a curable sleeve comprising a curable compound, an adhesive, and a backing;
wherein the curable compound is thermally vulcanizable, meltable, and comprises a polybutadiene-polyurethane and ground sulfur;
wherein the curable compound further comprises at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of vulcanization accelerator, filler, epoxy resin, tackifier resin, bitumen, plasticizer, and any combination thereof;
wherein the curable sleeve has a longitudinal direction;
placing a plurality of cables on the sleeve in the longitudinal direction;
wrapping the curable sleeve around the placed plurality of cables to form a cable harness, wherein the wrapping comprises wrapping the plurality of cables with the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction;
positioning the cable harness into a desired shape;
and
curing the curable compound of the cable harness to form the rigid cable harness, wherein the rigid cable harness has the desired shape.

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A method for cabling a structure comprising:

providing a cable harness comprising:
a curable sleeve comprising a curable compound, an adhesive, and a backing;
wherein the curable compound is thermally vulcanizable, meltable, and comprises a polybutadiene-polyurethane and around sulfur;
wherein the curable compound further comprises at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of vulcanization accelerator, filler, epoxy resin, tackifier resin, bitumen, plasticizer, and any combination thereof;
wherein the curable sleeve has a longitudinal direction;
and
a plurality of cables placed on the interior of the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction and wrapped by the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction;
positioning the cable harness into a desired shape;
curing the curable compound of the cable harness to form a rigid cable harness, wherein the rigid cable harness has the desired shape, wherein the degree of rigidity of the rigid cable harness is selected by choosing the duration, temperature, or source of radiant energy to cure the curable compound;
and
placing the rigid cable harness on the interior of the structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.