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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Galdemir Cezar Botura, Akron, OH (US);
Tommy M. Wilson, Jr., Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Brad Hartzler, Doylestown, OH (US);
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of making monolithic carbon nanotube heater elements with geometric shape with multiple, complex curvatures is disclosed. The method includes depositing carbon nanotubes on to a forming surface, draining the carbon nanotubes, and drying the carbon nanotubes. Alternatively, the method includes thermoforming carbon nanotube sheets containing thermoplastic binders. The resulting carbon nanotube heater element is a thin, monolithic carbon nanotube heater sheet having a geometric shape with complex curvatures.