Integral bonding attachment
AssigneeTensolite Company
InventorsDavid Charles Cecil, Jack Edgar Sutherland
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Abstract
An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a portion of the uninsulated wire section to form a generally integral structure with the core of the conductive wire. At least one generally tubular section is positioned at an end of the flattened section to engage the insulated section of the conductive wire. An aperture may pass simultaneously through the inner core and flattened sleeve section for attaching the integral bonding attachment to a structure.
Claims24
An electrical attachment comprising:
- a conductive wire having an insulated section and an uninsulated section of the wire adjacent the insulated section at an interface area;
- an inner seal positioned over the conductive wire proximate the interface area;
- a metal sleeve covering the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire and the inner seal at the interface area;
- the metal sleeve including a flattened section of the sleeve formed proximate the interface area, the flattened section encasing at least a portion of the uninsulated section of the conductive wire and forming a flattened attachment point with the uninsulated section, the flattened section also capturing the inner seal between the metal sleeve and the uninsulated section and insulated section of the wire to seal the interface area proximate the uninsulated section.
An integral bonding attachment comprising:
- an insulated section of a conductive wire and an uninsulated section of the conductive wire integrally formed with the insulated section at an interface area;
- an inner seal positioned over the conductive wire proximate the interface area;
- a sleeve covering the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire and the inner seal;
- the sleeve including a flattened section encasing at least a portion of the uninsulated section to form a flattened attachment point with the uninsulated section and also including at least one generally tubular section positioned at an end of the flattened section to engage the insulated section of the conductive wire;
- the flattened section capturing the inner seal between the sleeve and the uninsulated section of the conductive wire proximate the interface area to seal the integral bonding attachment with the wire.
A method of forming an electrical attachment comprising:
- providing a conductive wire having an insulated section and an integral uninsulated section;
- positioning an inner seal over the conductive wire proximate an interface area between the insulated and uninsulated sections;
- positioning a metal sleeve to cover the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire and the inner seal;
- compressing the sleeve to form a flattened section proximate the interface area to encase at least a portion of the uninsulated section of the conductive wire and to form a flattened attachment point with the uninsulated section, the flattened section also capturing the inner seal between the metal sleeve and the uninsulated section and insulated section of the wire to seal the interface area proximate the uninsulated section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.