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Electrical connector using a canted coil multi-metallic wire

  • US 9,293,849 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2009
  • Issued: 03/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for connecting and conducting electricity between a first body and a second body in an application above 200 degrees Celsius comprising:

  • inserting an elongated body of the second body comprising an external groove into a bore of the first body comprising an internal groove;

    positioning a canted coil spring comprising a plurality of coils in a common groove defined by the first body and the second body so that the plurality of coils contact the external groove and the internal groove; and

    applying electrical current between the first body and the second body and through the spring;

    exposing the first body and the second body to a temperature greater than 210 degrees Celsius; and

    wherein said spring comprising an inner core made from a highly electrically conductive material with a circumference and a secondary layer outside the core and completely surrounding the circumference of the core;

    said secondary layer comprising a high modulus and high tensile strength material.

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