Article containing conductive fibers
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsRicardo O. Brown, Blair A. Smith
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Abstract
An article includes a body, which includes a thermoplastic or thermoset material and a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material and has a first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers extending onto a first surface of the body. The manufactured article includes a metallic coating metallically bonded to the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers. The metal fibers extending onto the first surface are configured to bond with the metallic coating.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a thermoplastic or thermoset material;
- and
- a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material, wherein a first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers extends onto a first surface of the body;
- and
- a metallic coating metallically bonded to the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers, wherein the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers is configured to bond with the metallic coating.
A method of manufacturing a coated article, the method comprising:
- co-extruding a thermoplastic or thermoset material with a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material;
- forming a body from the co-extruded material, wherein a first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers extends onto a first surface of the thermoplastic or thermoset material and is configured to bond with a metallic coating;
- and
- applying the metallic coating to the body, wherein the metallic coat is metallically bonded to the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers.
An article comprising:
- a body formed from a thermoplastic or thermoset material;
- a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material;
- and
- a metallic coating covering the first surface of the body, wherein the plurality of metallic fibers is configured to allow the metallic coating to be applied directly on a first surface of the body and wherein the metallic coating is applied directly on the first surface of the body using an electroplating, ion vapor deposition, or a dynamic cold spray process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.