Bendable shielded bus bar
AssigneeFlex-Cable, Inc.
InventorErwin Kroulik
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Abstract
A bus bar assembly is provided that includes an electrical conductor with a rectangular cross-section. A first insulation layer surrounds the electrical conductor. A shielding layer surrounds the first insulation layer. The shielding layer is formed from an embossed conductive foil wrapped around the first insulation layer with overlapping sections. A method of making the bus bar assembly is provided that includes an electrical conductor being surrounded with a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer is then wrapped with a shielding layer formed from a conductive foil wrapped around the first insulation layer.
Claims17
A bus bar assembly comprising:
- an electrical conductor having the shape of a bar, rod, flat strips, or tube, the electrical conductor having a rectangular cross-section;
- a first insulation layer surrounding the electrical conductor, the first insulation layer having an outer surface with four sides;
- a shielding layer surrounding the outer surface of said first insulation layer and contacting the four sides, said shielding layer formed from only an embossed conductive foil spirally wrapped around the first insulation layer with overlapping sections and a plurality of overlapping seams.
A method of making a bus bar assembly, the method comprising:
- providing an electrical conductor having the shape of a bar, rod, flat strips, or tube, the electrical conductor having a rectangular cross-section;
- surrounding said electrical conductor with a first insulating layer, the first insulation layer having an outer surface with four sides;
- spirally wrapping the outer surface of said first insulating layer with a shielding layer such that the shielding layer has overlapping sections and a plurality of overlapping seams that contact the four sides of said first insulating layer;
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- wherein said shielding layer is formed from only an embossed conductive foil wrapped around the first insulation layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.