Method for generating a conductive fabric and associated product
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorsLouis W. Adams, Jr., Michael W. Gilpatrick, Richard V. Gregory
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Abstract
An electrically conductive textile fabric in which the electrical conductivity may be made to vary in a pattern configuration, and a method for manufacturing such fabric. A textile fabric is coated with an electrically conductive polymeric coating, and the coating is selectively removed in those areas in which a reduced electrical conductivity is desired. The removal may be achieved by means of high velocity water jets, sculpturing, or other means.
Claims30
A method for generating a conductive woven fabric which exhibits anisotropic electrical conductivity, said method comprising
- a. coating a substantially non-conductive fabric with an electrically conductive coating
- b. selectively removing at least portions of said coating in selected areas of said fabric using high velocity jets of water.
A method for generating a conductive knitted fabric which exhibits anisotropic electric conductivity, said method comprising
- a. coating a substantially non-conductive fabric with an electrically conductive coating
- b. selectively removing at least portions of said coating in selected areas of said fabric using high velocity jets of water.
A method for generating a conductive nonwoven fabric which exhibits anisotropic electrical conductivity, said method comprising
- a. coating a substantially non-conductive fabric with an electrically conductive coating
- b. selectively removing at least portions of said coating in selected areas of said fabric using high velocity jets of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.