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Conductive woven material and method

US5503887A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 1995
Grant dateApr 2, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24785
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conductive woven material (2) being conductive, and preferably equally conductive, in all directions is made using woven fabric (4) having conductive weft fibers (10). The material is produced by cutting the woven fabric at a first, acute angle (19) to the side edges (12, 14) to produce trapezoidally-shaped cut fabric pieces (18). The cut fabric pieces are then reoriented so that the former side edges of the fabric are placed to abut one another to create a reconstructed fabric (20) in which the weft fibers are at acute angle (22) to the length of the reconstructed fabric. Two layers of reconstructed fabric (24, 26) are placed one upon the other, with one upside down, so that the conductive weft fibers are at an angle, preferably 90.degree., to one another so to create the conductive woven material. The conductive woven material can be used to form, for example, conductive laminates or conductive honeycomb material.

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