Flexible jumper and method of making

Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Combined

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174 157, 174 74R, 1741281, 174133B, H02G 1502

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054866529

ABSTRACT:
A flexible laminated jumper is formed from a stack of half hard tempered copper sheets. Contact plates are clamped to opposite sides of one end of the stack, such plates being provided with short stress relief sections away from the end of the stack. The clamped end is positioned properly in a press welder so that the fiat portion of the contact plates are gripped by graphite electrodes of a press welder. The gripped end of the stack is then press welded while the balance of the stack is cooled so that the heat from the press welding does not affect the temper of the sheets of the stack. This is preferably done by immersion in chilled water with the water level being in close proximity to the electrode. After the press welding, the entire stack is cooled and the still tempered stack is formed to the desired configuration. The application of the contact plates and press welding of the opposite end of the stacks is repeated, again with the balance of the stack isolated from the heat of the press weld to protect the temper. After cooling and final trimming, machining, cleaning and silver plating, the jumper is completed. Such jumpers form, for example, improved spot welding gun shunts which have lower resistance levels which improve the efficiency of the spot welding process and cooler shunt operating temperatures which not only provide longer shunt life, but more consistent quality, since the shunt resistance does not change over time.

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