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ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS USING DISCRETE, ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES

  • US 3,783,242 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1972
  • Issued: 01/01/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electric heater comprising a heating element which is of electrically resistive material in strip form and which has two ends and a pair of opposed surfaces, a coating of adhesive on one surface only of the said element to facilitate mounting of the said element on a surface to be heated, a pair of terminals electrically connected to respective said ends of the element, each terminal comprising an electrically-conductive member, means clamping each said member to the said element, and discrete, electrically-conductive particles adhering to the said adhesive coating at the said ends of the element and disposed under pressure between each of said members and the said element impinging onto the said element through the said adhesive coating establishing electrical connection between the said members and the respective said ends of the element.

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