US 11,858,220 B2 · Coupling polymeric components to one another utilizing electromagnetic energy

Abstract

A method of coupling polymeric components utilizing electromagnetic energy is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a first component having a first coupling portion, a second component having a second coupling portion, and a susceptor. The method can also include mating the first and second components such that the susceptor is proximate the first and second coupling portions. In addition, the method can include applying electromagnetic energy to the susceptor. The susceptor can convert the electromagnetic energy to heat, which can melt portions of the first and second coupling portions about the susceptor to couple the first and second components to one another upon solidification.

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Dependent claims

A method of coupling polymeric components of a cable junction utilizing electromagnetic energy, comprising:

obtaining a cable having a first coupling portion;
obtaining an end cap having a second coupling portion, and
obtaining a susceptor, wherein the susceptor is at least partially embedded within at least one of the first coupling portion or the second coupling portion;
mating the cable with the end cap such that the susceptor is proximate the first and second coupling portions;
and
applying electromagnetic energy to the susceptor, wherein the susceptor converts the electromagnetic energy to heat, which melts portions of the first and second coupling portions about the susceptor to couple the cable and the end cap to one another upon solidification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/329,092Filed 24 May 2021 · us provisional application

Priority

27 Jul 2020

Published

US 2022/0024146 A127 Jan 2022

Granted

2 Jan 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification27 codes

B29C 65/3624
Comprising at least a single wire, e.g. in the form of a winding: said at least a single wire having the form of a coil spring
B29C 65/3632
Comprising at least a single wire, e.g. in the form of a winding: comprising several wires, e.g. in the form of several independent windings
B29C 65/3668
Heated by induction: characterised by the means for supplying heat to said heated elements which remain in the join, e.g. special induction coils
B29C 66/0016
Characterised by the type of environment: liquid environments, i.e. the parts to be joined being submerged in a liquid

Coupling polymeric components to one another utilizing electromagnetic energy

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Coupling polymeric components to one another utilizing electromagnetic energy

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Abstract

Claims13