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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ted M Aune, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul B Germeraad, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randolph W Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219545 ; 219529 ; 219549 ; 29611 ;
Abstract
An electrical heater which includes a fabric prepared from electrodes and an elongate resistive heating element which is composed of a conductive polymer, preferably a PTC conductive polymer, to render the heater self-regulating. The fabric is laminated to, and preferably embedded in, a sheet of an insulating polymer, particularly a non-tracking insulating polymer.