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Details

Inventors: Lofdahl, Clyde A.;
Assignee: Raychem Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)
Primary Examiner: Weston; Caleb
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lyon & Lyon

An improved process for encapsulating a cylindrical electrical element having lead wires emanating therefrom including the steps of enveloping said element in a heat-shrinkable polymeric tubular member whereby said lead wires extend out through the open ends of said tubular member and heating said tubular member causing it to conformingly recover around said element. The improvement comprises: (a) threading each of said outwardly extending lead wires through a separate hole in a laminated disc, said disc comprising a layer of polymeric material and a substantially coplanar contiguous layer of heat foamable adhesive, said threading being effected such that the adhesive layer is disposed towards the element; (b) inserting the said disc with the lead wires threaded therethrough within the open end of said tubular member; and (c) applying sufficient heat to cause: (i) the tubular member to conformingly recover around said element and said disc, and (ii) the foamable adhesive layer of said disc to foam and seal the interface between the periphery of said disc and the inside surface of said recovered tubular member, interface between each hole and the lead wire passing therethrough, and any remaining holes in the disc.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
In a process for encapsulating a cylindrical electrical element having lead wires emanating therefrom comprising enveloping said element in a heat-shrinkable polymeric tubular member whereby said lead wires extend out through the open ends of said tubular member and heating said tubular member causing it to conformingly recover around said element, the improvement comprising: (a) threading each of said outwardly extending lead wires through a separate hole in a laminated disc, said disc comprising a layer of polymeric material and a substantially copolar contiguous layer of heat foamable adhesive, said threading being effected such that the adhesive layer is disposed towards the element; (b) inserting the said disc with the lead wires threaded therethrough within the open end of said tubular member; and (c) applying sufficient heat to cause: (i) the tubular member to conformingly recover around said element and said disc, and (ii) the foamable adhesive layer of said disc to foam and seal the interface between the periphery of said disc and the inside surface of said recovered tubular member and also the interface between each hole and the lead wire passing therethrough.
2.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said adhesive is a thermoplastic.
3.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said polymeric layer comprises polyethylene.
4.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said polymeric tubular member comprises polyethylene.
5.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said holes are formed by punching through said disc without removal of any significant portion of the material of the disc.
6.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said holes are formed by removal of a portion of the material of the disc.
7.
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said electrical element has a single lead wire emanating axially from each of the two ends thereof.
8.
A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein said adhesive is a thermoplastic

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