Termination of carbon nanotube macrostructures
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsJessica Henderson Brown Hemond, Jerzy Gazda, Zhengwei Liu, Rodney Ivan Martens, Min Zheng
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Abstract
An electrical connector has a carbon nanotube (CNT) conductor, a terminal terminated to the CNT conductor, and a conductive intermediary electrically coupled to the CNT conductor and the terminal to enhance an electrical connection between the CNT conductor and the terminal. Optionally, the terminal may have a crimp barrel that receives the CNT conductor. The electrical connector may include a second CNT conductor where the terminal splices the CNT conductor and the second CNT conductor together.
Claims10
An electrical connector comprising:
- a carbon nanotube (CNT) conductor;
- a terminal terminated to the CNT conductor, the terminal having a crimp barrel that receives the CNT conductor;
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- a conductive intermediary electrically coupled to the CNT conductor and the terminal to enhance an electrical connection between the CNT conductor and the terminal, the conductive intermediary comprising a post extending from the terminal, the CNT conductor being wrapped around the post and doubled back into the crimp barrel.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a carbon nanotube (CNT) conductor;
- a terminal terminated to the CNT conductor, the terminal having a crimp barrel that receives the CNT conductor;
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- a conductive intermediary electrically coupled to the CNT conductor and the terminal to enhance an electrical connection between the CNT conductor and the terminal, the conductive intermediary comprising openings in the crimp barrel through a body defining the terminal, the CNT conductor being laced into and out of the crimp barrel through the openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.