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Strip heater with predetermined power density
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Inventors: Daugherty, Joseph P.; Wright, Harold C.; Berard, Jr., Clement A.;
Assignee: Martin Marietta Corporation (East Windsor, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Reynolds; Bruce A.
Assistant Examiner: Jeffery; John A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Meise; William H., Berard; Clement A., Young; Stephen A.
A resistance strip heater includes a pair of elongated, mutually parallel electrical conductors or buses lying on a dielectric substrate. Each bus includes a conductive region extending toward the other conductor, and the locations of the conductive regions of the two buses alternate along the lengths thereof. An elongated resistance arrangement has its axis of elongation parallel to the buses, is physically supported between the buses, and is electrically connected to mutually adjacent ones of the conductive regions, so that the resistance arrangement is electrically connected across the buses. In a particular embodiment of the invention, the resistance arrangement is a plurality of elongated chip resistors arranged in an array. The substrate may be a polyimide sheet, and a corresponding cover sheet may be used. The strip heater can be cut virtually anywhere along its length without affecting its operability. Thus, the strip heater can be fabricated and stocked in long lengths, even by rolls, and be cut to any desired length as needed. Electrical power is applied to the power buses via crimped metal connectors or via access holes opened by removing perforated areas of the cover. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A resistance device comprising: an elongated substrate of a flexible insulating material; first and second elongated electrical conductors, mutually parallel and spaced apart on a surface of said substrate, for receiving electrical potential therebetween said first conductor including a plurality of first conductive areas extending in a direction toward said conductor and spaced along the length of said first conductor at predetermined intervals, and said second conductor including a plurality of second conductive areas extending in a direction toward said first conductor and spaced along the length of said second conductor at locations intermediate the locations of adjacent ones of said first conductive areas; and elongated resistance means defining an axis of elongation parallel to said elongated electrical conductors, said elongated resistance means being physically located between said elongated electrical conductors, and extending between, and being physically and electrically connected to, adjacent ones of said first and second conductive areas.
2.
The resistance device of claim 1 wherein said resistance means comprises a plurality of chip resistors.
3.
The resistance device of claim 2 wherein said chip resistors are soldered to predetermined locations on said first and second conductive areas extending respectively from said first and second conductors.
4.
The resistance device of claim 3 wherein said chip resistors are rectangular and are arranged on said substrate with their longer dimension extending in substantially the same direction as said first and second conductors.
5.
The resistance device of claim 1 wherein said first and second conductors are copper.
6.
The resistance device of claim 1 further comprising a cover of a flexible insulating material overlying said substrate to enclose said conductors and said resistance means between said substrate and said cover.
7.
The resistance device of claim 6 wherein said cover includes at least first and second areas that are one of removed and removable from said cover, said first and second areas being located over said first and second conductors, respectively, for permitting connection thereto when said first and second removable areas are removed
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