Electric heating – Capacitive dielectric heating – Bonding
Patent
1997-11-13
1998-08-04
Leung, Philip H.
Electric heating
Capacitive dielectric heating
Bonding
219780, 1562744, 1562746, 29825, 29860, H05B 646, H01R 4300
Patent
active
057897255
ABSTRACT:
A cable assembly (8, 80) including an electrical cable (10) having a flexible tubular jacket (12) and a reinforcing structure (14) attached to the outside of the jacket in a smooth sealing connection (30), and a method of using radio-frequency electrical energy, applied radially through the cable jacket (12) and the reinforcing structure (14), to make the connection (30). A shield conductor (26) inside the cable jacket (14) may be used as an RF electrode, with a second RF electrode (42, 44) circumscribing a portion of the cable (12) and the reinforcing structure (14) and shaping the outer surface of the connection. The RF energy may be used instead to activate an adhesive (108). An outer electrode (118) may be embedded in the reinforcing structure (116) in one variation of the invention.
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Barney Bruce Alan
Beckman Robert Lee
McIntire James Francis
Smith Daniel B.
Stopper Larry Duane
Kita Gerald K.
Leung Philip H.
The Whitaker Corporation
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