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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Bruce A. Bartrug, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Allen R. Hawk, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert N. Pinchok, New Kensington, PA (US);
James H. Schwartz, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Bruce A. Bartrug, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Allen R. Hawk, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert N. Pinchok, New Kensington, PA (US);
James H. Schwartz, Gibsonia, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A composite laminate useable in the manufacture of articles having a member responsive to electrical stimuli, e.g. changes transmission, and/or is heated, as current passes through the member includes a pair of spaced bus bars adhesively secured to a major surface of a plastic sheet in a spaced relationship to one another. Each of the bus bars includes, among other things, an end portion having a protective sleeve and an air barrier to prevent air from moving between the inner surfaces of the protective sleeve and the underlying surface of the end portion of the bus bar. A method of making the composite laminate is also disclosed.