High temperature connector and method for manufacturing
AssigneeCarbon Fibers Heating Technologies, LLC
InventorsPhilip K Morin, Stanley G Tomalesky
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to a connector for attaching an electrical power source to a conductive fiber tow comprising: a flat surface having an upper and a lower mating portion substantially opposing each other; said upper portion includes a plurality of parallel ribbed troughs and said lower portion includes plurality of parallel ribbed protrusions wherein the upper and lower portions of said surface engagingly fasten a portion of said fiber tow between the ribbed protrusions and the ribbed troughs to hold the said fiber in a fixed position; and at least one electrical contact integral to the flat surface to supply electrical energy to said fiber for producing heat energy.
Claims19
A connector for attaching an electrical power source to a conductive tow comprising:
- a flat metallic surface having an upper and a lower mating portion;
- said upper portion includes a plurality of parallel ribbed troughs and said lower portion includes plurality of parallel ribbed protrusions, wherein the upper and lower portions of said surface bend at substantially the mid section between the upper mating portion and the lower mating portion at substantially 180 degrees to create opposing mating portions that engagingly fasten, such that a portion of said tow between the ribbed protrusions and the ribbed troughs hold the portion of said tow in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.