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US 9,756,685 B2Granted
Heating element
AssigneeThermofer GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsSoeren Tuengler, Hans-Georg Koch, Margarete Franziska Althaus
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Abstract
A plane heating element includes a mesh that has warp threads and weft threads. A coating containing carbon nanotubes can be applied to the mesh. A water-repellent and electrically-insulating protective layer made of styrene butadiene copolymer can be additionally applied to the mesh.
Claims10
A plane heating element, comprising a mesh that contains warp threads and weft threads, wherein
- a) thread material of 5% to 90% of the warp threads and/or weft threads is electrically conductive, and
- b) at least 50% of the surface of the thread material is coated with a coating material comprising carbon nanotubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.