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US 12,753,873 B2Granted
Integrated heating and insulation system
OwnerTodd J Peretti, Matt Nichols +1inventors
InventorsTodd J Peretti, Matt Nichols, Brandon Slack
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Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide an exemplary protective insulation system that includes a heating element. The protective insulation system includes a substrate layer and may include a protective layer over the substrate layer. The protective insulation system is lightweight and can be installed with minimal manpower and equipment.
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A protective insulating system comprising:
- a modular insulation section, including:
- a first semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined density, the first semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines the predetermined thickness of the first semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion;
- a second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion having the predetermined thickness and the predetermined density, the second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines the predetermined thickness of the second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion;
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- a first heating element comprising one or more resistive conductors coupled to a flexible backing, the flexible backing adhered or affixed to the outer surface or the inner surface of at least one of the first and second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portions or embedded within the at least one of the first and second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portions,
- wherein the outer surface and the inner surface of each of the first semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion and the second semi-cylindrical insulating substrate layer portion, and the first heating element are coated with one or more protective layers of a polyurea moisture barrier capable of being applied while in a liquid state and curing to a solid state.
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A protective insulating system comprising:
- an insulating foam substrate layer having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined density, the substrate layer having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a thickness of the substrate layer;
- a first heating element comprising one or more resistive conductors coupled to a flexible backing integrated with the outer surface or the inner surface of the substrate layer;
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- a protective polymer moisture barrier layer comprising a polyurea material capable of being applied while in a liquid state and curing to a solid state that coats the outer surface and the inner surface of the substrate layer and the first heating element.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a protective insulating system, including first and second insulating substrate layer portions, each having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined density, the first and second insulating substrate layer portions having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a thickness of the first and second insulating substrate layer portions;
- adhering or affixing a first heating element comprising one or more resistive conductors coupled to a flexible backing to the outer surface or the inner surface of at least one of the first and second insulating substrate layer portions or embedding the first heating element within at least one of the first and second insulating substrate layer portions;
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- applying a first protective polymer moisture barrier layer over the outer surface and the inner surface of each of the first and second insulating substrate layer portions and the first heating element, the first protective polymer moisture barrier layer comprising a polyurea material capable of being applied while in a liquid state and curing to a solid state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.