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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Heeder, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Arun Shukla, Wakefield, RI (US);
Assignee:
Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, RI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/20 (2006.01); H01B 1/22 (2006.01); H01B 1/24 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/24 (2013.01); H01B 13/0006 (2013.01); H01B 13/0016 (2013.01); B05D 3/007 (2013.01); H01B 1/20 (2013.01); H01B 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible, electrically conductive composite is disclosed that includes a plurality of particles of elastomeric material and a conductive material. The conductive material at least partially covers the plurality of particles of elastomeric material. A first portion of the composite has undergone a force that has deformed a first portion of the particles of elastomeric material and broken up the conductive coating material.