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US 12,119,143 B2Granted
Elongated elastic seam tape with electrical conductor
AssigneeNanoleq AG
InventorsLuca Hirt, Flurin Stauffer, Vincent Martinez, Serge Alain Weydert
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an elongated elastic seam tape comprising an elongated elastic conductor as well as to a method of manufacturing such an elongated elastic seam tape.
Claims29
An elongated elastic seam tape, comprising:
- an elongated elastic first layer comprising an elastic polyurethane,
- an elongated elastic second layer partially bonded to the elongated elastic first layer and comprising an elastic polyurethane;
- an elongated elastic textile layer, wherein the elongated elastic textile layer is bonded to the elongated elastic first layer;
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- an elongated elastic conductor;
- wherein each longitudinal edge of the elongated elastic second layer is bonded to a corresponding longitudinal edge of the elongated elastic first layer so as to form a lumen extending along the entire elongated elastic seam tape between the elongated elastic first and second layers, wherein the lumen extends along an entire length of the elongated elastic seam tape, wherein the lumen opens at an end of the elongated elastic seam tape;
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- wherein the elongated elastic conductor is movably positioned within said lumen, wherein the elongated elastic conductor comprises an elastic core and a conductive wire wrapped around the elastic core.
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A method of manufacturing an elongated elastic seam tape, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing first and second elongated elastic layers comprising an elastic polyurethane, an elongated elastic textile bonded to the first elongated elastic layer, and an elongated elastic conductor positioned between the first and second elongated elastic layers, wherein the elongated elastic conductor comprises an elastic core and a conductive wire wrapped around the elastic core;
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- bonding each longitudinal edge of the second elongated elastic layer to a corresponding longitudinal edge of the first elongated elastic layer such that a lumen extending along an entire length of the elongated elastic seam tape between the first and second elongated elastic layers is formed and such that the elongated elastic conductor extends along said lumen, wherein the lumen opens at an end of the elongated elastic seam tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.