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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L Jensen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carney P Claunch, II, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219541 ; 219549 ; 219553 ;
Abstract
A heating element having a positive temperature coefficient conductive polymer with positive and negative electrodes formed on opposite faces thereof includes a high tensile strength coating layer on the electrodes. Buss bars are electrically connected to their respective electrode by stapling, with staples forming burrs in the buss bar which penetrate the coating layer and electrically connect with the corresponding electrode.