SELF-HEALING ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION PATHS
First Claim
1. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
- an electrical conductor;
a conductive polymer immediately surrounding the electrical conductor; and
an insulator enclosing the electrical conductor and the conductive polymer.
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Abstract
Self-healing electrical garments and self-healing electrical conductors and components for use in electrical garments are provided. A communication medium of various forms is integrated into a garment seam that is used to join two or more portions of a garment. The communication media can be used to provide electrical or other electromagnetic connection for coupling among a plurality of electrical devices associated with the garment. The self-healing electrical conductor may be used as part of a garment portion or may be used as a joining fiber in a variety of techniques to join garment portions together. The self-healing electrical conductor comprises an electrical conductor, a conductive polymer immediately surrounding or adjacent to the electrical conductor, an insulator enclosing the electrical conductor and the conductive polymer.
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Citations
23 Claims
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1. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
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an electrical conductor; a conductive polymer immediately surrounding the electrical conductor; and an insulator enclosing the electrical conductor and the conductive polymer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 18, 19)
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6. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
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an electrical conductor; a conductive polymer immediately surrounding the electrical conductor; a curing agent surrounding the conductive polymer; and an insulator enclosing the electrical conductor and the conductive polymer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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20. An electrical garment comprising:
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at least one garment portion; and a self-healing conductor configured as a fiber used to join at least one garment portion. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An electrical garment comprising;
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at least one garment portion, wherein the garment portion incorporates self-healing conductors; redundant communication paths configured as parallel communication paths between at least two nodes on the garment portion; and fusable links to connect a selected one or more of the redundant communication paths. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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