Methods and devices which make use of conductive polymers to join articles
US5286952A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2023/22
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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.
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