Self-healing electrical communication paths
First Claim
1. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
- an electrical conductor;
an uncured electrically conductive viscous material disposed adjacent the electrical conductor; and
an enclosure at least partially enclosing the electrically conductive viscous material.
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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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33 Claims
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1. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
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an electrical conductor; an uncured electrically conductive viscous material disposed adjacent the electrical conductor; and an enclosure at least partially enclosing the electrically conductive viscous material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A self-healing conductor, comprising:
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an electrical conductor; an uncured electrically conductive viscous material adjacent the electrical conductor; a curing agent adjacent to but separated from the electrically conductive viscous material a first enclosure at least partially enclosing the uncured viscous electrically conductive material; and a second enclosure at least partially enclosing the curing agent. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A multi-layer self-healing electrical conductor, comprising
an electrical conductor; -
an electrically conductive viscous material disposed adjacent the electrical conductor; and an enclosure at least partially enclosing the electrically conductive viscous material; and wherein the electrical conductor is disposed in a first layer of the multi-layer conductor; and
the electrically conductive viscous material is disposed in a second layer adjacent the first layer containing the electrical conductor;
wherein the second layer comprises an insulator at least partially enclosing the viscous electrically conductive material. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A multi-layer self-healing electrical conductor, comprising:
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an electrical conductor; an electrically conductive viscous material adjacent the electrical conductor; a curing agent adjacent to but separated from the electrically conductive viscous material a first enclosure at least partially enclosing the viscous electrically conductive material; and a second enclosure at least partially enclosing the curing agent; and wherein the electrical conductor is disposed in a first layer of the multi-layer conductor;
the electrically conductive viscous material is disposed in a second layer adjacent the first layer containing the electrical conductor;
the curing agent is disposed in a third layer adjacent to the second layer; and
wherein the self-healing electrical conductor further comprises a barrier layer between the second and third layers. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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