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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1990
Corey J McMills, Los Altos, CA (US);
John R Hughes, Atherton, CA (US);
Hans Cordia, Pellenberg, BE;
Johann D'Hondt, Hong Kong, HK;
John A Ross, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey A Sampson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Pradeep Barma, Fremont, CA (US);
Barry Mathews, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Ritter, Fremont, CA (US);
Julian S Mullaney, Raleigh, NC (US);
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Articles including a thin laminar heating element composed of a sintered conductive polymer, and electrodes attached to the heating element so that current flows in the plane of the element. The article can be placed between and in contact with two substrates, and then heated to join the two substrates together. Preferably at least one of the substrates is polymeric and becomes melt-fused to the article.