Electrode for carbon fiber plate heating element and method for producing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10057943-B2
Application number	US-201414330315-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2014
Priority date	Dec 10, 2013
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A carbon fiber plate heating element and a method for producing the same are provided. The carbon fiber plate heating element includes a core wire positioned at a substantial center and an electrode body that includes a plurality of electrode fine lines twisted around the core wire. A stitching portion fixes the electrode body to a main panel at regular intervals. The method includes arranging a core wire at the substantial center; twisting a plurality of electrode fine lines around the core wire to form an electrode body; and fixing the electrode body to a main panel by stitching the electrode body at regular intervals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode of a carbon fiber plate heating element, wherein the electrode is installed at a main panel, the electrode comprising:
a core wire positioned at a substantial center of an electrode body;
a plurality of electrode wires twisted around the core wire; and
a stitching portion configured to fix the electrode body to the main panel at regular intervals,
wherein the core wire is made from aramid-, polybenzoxazole (PBO)-, or polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)-based tension fiber,
wherein the electrode body is obtained by twisting a plurality of electrode bunches around the core wire and each of the plurality of electrode bunches is obtained by twisting the plurality of electrode wires,
wherein each of the plurality of electrode wires has a diameter of about 50 μm,
wherein about 5 to 9 strands of the plurality of electrode wires are twisted to form one of the plurality of electrode bunches, and about 4 to 7 bunches of the plurality electrode bunches are twisted to form the electrode body having a double twist structure, and
wherein a twist number of the electrode body is in a range of 5 to 20 twists per inch (TPI).

2. The electrode of a carbon fiber plate heating element according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode wire is a copper wire plated with silver or nickel.

3. The electrode of a carbon fiber plate heating element according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the electrode wires are arranged in parallel on the main panel at regular intervals and are bent in a sine wave form.

4. A method for producing an electrode of a carbon fiber plate heating element, wherein the electrode is to be installed at a main panel, comprising:
arranging a core wire at a substantial center;
twisting a plurality of electrode wires around the core wire to form an electrode body; and
fixing the electrode body to the main panel by stitching the electrode body at regular intervals,
wherein the core wire is made from aramid-, polybenzoxazole (PBO)-, or polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)-based tension fiber,
wherein in the twisting, the plurality of electrode wires are twisted to form an electrode bunch, and a plurality of electrode bunches is twisted around the core wire, to form the electrode body,
wherein each of the plurality of electrode wires has a diameter of about 50 μm,
wherein about 5 to 9 strands of the plurality of electrode wires are twisted to form one of the plurality of electrode bunches, and about 4 to 7 bunches of the plurality electrode bunches are twisted to form the electrode body having a double twist structure, and
wherein a twist number of the electrode body is in a range of 5 to 20 twists per inch (TPI).

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
arranging a plurality of the electrode bodies on the main panel at regular intervals and bending the electrode bodies in a sine wave form, wherein the arranging is performed after the twisting.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kwang Jin Wintec Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Sang Soo
• Lee Tae Seung
• Shin Gyu Jin

Classifications

• H05B3/34

  flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs · CPC title

• H05B3/20 Primary

  Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional [2D] plane, e.g. plate-heater (H05B3/62, H05B3/68, H05B3/78, H05B3/84 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T29/49083

  Heater type · CPC title

• H05B3/36

  heating conductor embedded in insulating material · CPC title

• H01C17/04

  adapted for winding the resistive element · CPC title