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US 11,034,079 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.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- heat shrink tubing having a curved shape along a length of the heat shrink tubing such that 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, the heat shrink tubing configured to shrink, upon application of heat, circumferentially to conform to a curved shape of an object at least partially covered by the heat shrink tubing.
A method comprising:
- placing heat shrink tubing on a curved tool, the heat shrink tubing having a curved shape along a length of the heat shrink tubing such that 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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- heating the heat shrink tubing to conform the heat shrink tubing to the curved tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.