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US 5,057,651 AGranted
Lightweight electroconductive wire
OwnerHenry F. Hope, Stephen F. Hopeinventors
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Abstract
Lightweight electroconductive wire which includes a strip of lithium metal with copper connectors at each end, and encapsulated within a layer of moisture proof aluminum foil, which has an anhydrous glue coating with an outer encapsulating layer of insulating plastic tape that has a coating of adhesive retaining it on the foil. The copper contacts extend outside the layer of tape and are plated with metal that is non reactive with lithium at contact with the lithium.
Claims6
A lightweight wire which comprises
- a core of lithium metal,
- terminals secured to the ends of said core,
- a first anhydrous adhesive coating in adhesive contact with said core,
- a layer of moisture proof aluminum foil surrounding said core in adhesive contact with said adhesive,
- a second anhydrous adhesive coating on said foil in adhesive contact therewith, and
- a layer of insulating plastic surrounding said foil and in adhesive contact with said second layer of adhesive.
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