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US 10,625,448 B2Granted
Curved heat shrink tubing and methods of making the same
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJames R. Sinclair
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Abstract
Curved heat shrink tubing and methods of making the same are described herein. An example method includes inserting heat shrink tubing into a tube, curving the tube, and deforming the heat shrink tubing, inside of the tube, to have a curved shape along a length of the heat shrink tubing where a first length of the heat shrink tubing along an outer radius of the curved shape is longer than a second length of the heat shrink tubing along an inner radius of the curved shape.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- inserting heat shrink tubing into a tube;
- curving the tube;
- and
- deforming the heat shrink tubing, inside of the tube, to have a curved shape along a length of the heat shrink tubing where a first length of the heat shrink tubing along an outer radius of the curved shape is longer than a second length of the heat shrink tubing along an inner radius of the curved shape.
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