Liquid resistant heating element

An improved heating element, comprising: (a) an electrically insulated resistive heating wire; (b) a flexible substrate that supports the electrically insulated resistive wire: (c) one or more electrical connection for an operational component of the heating element, the electrical connection includ...

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Hauptverfasser: Kauffman, III, Wayne Swoyer, Barfuss, Jack, Antunez, Pedro, Panic, Zoran, Iqbal, Syed Rafat, Flores Gonzalez, Ricardo Edmundo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An improved heating element, comprising: (a) an electrically insulated resistive heating wire; (b) a flexible substrate that supports the electrically insulated resistive wire: (c) one or more electrical connection for an operational component of the heating element, the electrical connection including at least two wires that are joined together; (d) a spacer controlling spacing between the at least two wires approaching the electrical connection; wherein at least a portion of the electrical connection including the spacer is encapsulated in a shrunken heat shrinkable sheath that includes at least one mass of hot melt adhesive within the sheath so that the electrical connection is insulated from fluid penetration.