Braided flat conductive tape

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11094433-B2
Application number	US-201916424615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2019
Priority date	May 29, 2019
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

A method of forming a flat conductor that includes aligning multiple strands of flat conductive tape adjacent to each other, and braiding the strands of flat conductive tape to each other by sequentially bending one of the strands of flat conductive tape over the other strands of flat conductive tape to create a braided flat conductive tape. Each end of the braided flat conductive tape is connected to an electrical assembly for carrying electrical current therethrough.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of forming a flat conductor comprising:
aligning multiple strands of flat conductive tape adjacent to each other;
braiding the strands of flat conductive tape to each other by sequentially bending one of the strands of flat conductive tape over the other strands of flat conductive tape to create a braided flat conductive tape; and
applying adhesive in segments, with each of the segment of the adhesive applied to only one of the strands of the braided flat conductive tape, allowing for relative movement between the strands of the flat conductive tape.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the adhesive segments are secured to a substrate to hold the braided flat conductive tape on the substrate.

3. The method of claim 1 further including attaching a solid flat conductor to one end of the braided flat conductive tape.

4. The method of claim 3 further including attaching a second solid flat conductor to an opposite end of the braided flat conductive tape.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the multiple strands of flat conductive tape are three strands, with each bending over the other two such that a thickness of the braided flat conductive tape is twice the thickness of one of the strands of the flat conductive tape.

6. A method of forming a flat conductor comprising:
aligning multiple strands of flat conductive tape adjacent to each other;
braiding the strands of flat conductive tape to each other by sequentially bending one of the strands of flat conductive tape over the other strands of flat conductive tape to create a braided flat conductive tape;
connecting each end of the braided flat conductive tape to an electrical assembly for carrying electrical current therethrough; wherein the multiple strands of flat conductive tape are three strands, with each bending over the other two such that a thickness of the braided flat conductive tape is twice the thickness of one of the strands of the flat conductive tape; and
bending the braided flat conductive tape about a width before connecting each end of the braided flat conductive tapes to the electrical assembly.

7. The method of claim 6 further including applying adhesive in segments, with each of the segment of the adhesive applied to only one of the strands of the braided flat conductive tape, allowing for relative movement between the strands of the flat conductive tape.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the adhesive segments are secured to a substrate to hold the braided flat conductive tape on the substrate.

9. The method of claim 7 further including attaching a solid flat conductor to one end of the braided flat conductive tape.

10. The method of claim 6 further including attaching a solid flat conductor to one end of the braided flat conductive tape.

11. The method of claim 10 further including attaching a second solid flat conductor to an opposite end of the braided flat conductive tape.

12. A method of forming a flat conductor comprising:
aligning multiple strands of flat conductive tape adjacent to each other;
braiding the strands of flat conductive tape to each other by sequentially bending one of the strands of flat conductive tape over the other strands of flat conductive tape to create a braided flat conductive tape;
connecting each end of the braided flat conductive tape to an electrical assembly for carrying electrical current therethrough; and
applying adhesive in segments, with each of the segment of the adhesive applied to only one of the strands of the braided flat conductive tape, allowing for relative movement between the strands of the flat conductive tape.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the adhesive segments are secured to a substrate to hold the braided flat conductive tape on the substrate.

14. The method of claim 12 further including attaching a solid flat conductor to one end of the braided flat conductive tape.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Vuylsteke Gabrielle Elizabeth Moilanen

Classifications

• H01B13/00 Primary

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables · CPC title

• H01B13/01254

  Flat-harness manufacturing · CPC title

• H01B7/08 Primary

  Flat or ribbon cables · CPC title

• H01B13/0036 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H01B7/0853

  Juxtaposed parallel wires, fixed to each other without a support layer · CPC title