Three-deimensional moulded planar cable, method for production and use thereof
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsDenis Reibel, Thorsten Frank
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Abstract
The invention relates to a three-dimensional moulded planar cable, comprising a laminate made from at least one conductor track, bonded between two insulation layers and at least one support layer, connected to each other by means of an adhesive layer and applied to a positive moulding tool, brought into shape by the application of heat and/or radiation and/or pressure and fixed in the three-dimensional shape thereof by cooling to below the glass temperature Tg of the adhesive layer or by hardening of the adhesive layer.
Claims14
1-12. (canceled)
A three-dimensionally shaped flat cable comprising:
- a laminate including at least one conductor track enclosed between two insulation layers, an adhesive layer, and at least one support layer, the support layer connected to at least one of the insulation layers via the adhesive layer, the laminate being applied to a positive die and shaped by applying one of heat, radiation and pressure and fixed in a three-dimensional shape by cooling to below the glass transition temperature of the adhesive layer or by hardening the adhesive layer.
The flat cable as recited claim 1 wherein the flat cable is at least partially back-coated using a thermoplastic.
A method for manufacturing a dimensionally stable flat cable comprising:
- applying to a positive die, adjusted at room temperature, a laminate, the laminate including (a) a conductor track enclosed between two insulation layers, (b) an adhesive layer, and (c) a support layer connected to at least one of the insulation layers via the adhesive layer, each of (a), (b) and (c) defining a laminate component, or applying a positive die separately to to all components for the laminate, and
- shaping the laminate or the components with the aid of at least one of heat, radiation and pressure;
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- fixing the laminate or the component shape by cooling to below the glass transition temperature Tg of the adhesive layer or by hardening the adhesive layer.
A three-dimensionally shaped flat cable comprising:
- a laminate including a flexible flat cable, an adhesive layer, and at least one support layer, the support layer connected to the flexible flat cable via the adhesive layer, the laminate being applied to a positive die and shaped by applying one of heat, radiation and pressure and fixed in a three-dimensional shape by cooling to below the glass transition temperature of the adhesive layer or by hardening the adhesive layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.