CA2736652A1 - Flexible electrothermal plate - Google Patents

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CA2736652A1
CA2736652A1 CA 2736652 CA2736652A CA2736652A1 CA 2736652 A1 CA2736652 A1 CA 2736652A1 CA 2736652 CA2736652 CA 2736652 CA 2736652 A CA2736652 A CA 2736652A CA 2736652 A1 CA2736652 A1 CA 2736652A1
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Chi-Sheng Huang
Li-Gung Lai
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/10Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
    • H05B3/12Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
    • H05B3/14Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
    • H05B3/145Carbon only, e.g. carbon black, graphite
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/20Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
    • H05B3/34Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/002Heaters using a particular layout for the resistive material or resistive elements
    • H05B2203/003Heaters using a particular layout for the resistive material or resistive elements using serpentine layout
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/013Heaters using resistive films or coatings

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Abstract

A flexible electrothermal plate is a plate-typed heating device primarily formed by a flexible and insulative base film, a heating element, two electrodes, two connection plates and an insulative and protective plastic film. The flexible electrothermal plate can provide all kinds of heating functions and can be applied in warm keeping of clothing and shoes, heating and warm keeping of food products and articles, as well as heating and warm keeping in other areas.

Description

FLEXIBLE ELECTROTHERMAL PLATE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flexible electrothermal plate and more particularly to a flexible electrothermal plate which is constituted by a flexible and insulative base film, a heating element, two electrodes, two connection plates and an insulative and protective plastic film. The flexible electrothermal plate provides all kinds of heating functions and can be applied to heat preservation of clothing and shoes, heating and warm keeping of foods and articles, as well as heating and warm keeping in other areas, such as heavy electrical machinery, car and motorcycle products, home appliances, medical products, freezing and air-conditioning products, mountain climbing products, baby supplies, cosmetic equipment, healthcare apparatuses and pet products.

(b) Description of the Prior Art An ordinary heating element (plate) can be separated into a hard element and a flexible element. The former is a conventional electrothermal furnace and the latter includes a defogging wire used in a car or an electrothermal blanket used in winter, etc. The flexible I

electrothermal device is generally in a plate shape and thus can be called an electrothermal plate, which is provided with a special convenience in application.

An insulative base film (substrate) used in the flexible electrothermal plate can be divided into a silicone film, a polyimide (PI) film and a polyester (PET) film. Using these three materials as the insulative base film (substrate) is characterized in that (1) they can replace an ordinary metal heater and are usually made into flexible, thin (standard thickness of 1.5mm) and planar heating elements, with a good flexibility that they can be tightly attached onto all kinds of curved surfaces or even surfaces of heated objects in an irregular shape or in a cylindrical shape; (2) they can resist with heat and are insulative to electricity, therefore they can be broadly applied in parts or equipment of machinery, such as preheating a toner in a photocopier or being used in a heating plate of a piping, etc.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the structure of flexible electrothermal plate using the abovementioned three materials as the base film (substrate).
The flexible electrothermal plate is primarily constituted by a base film 1 Oa, a heating element 20, an adhesive layer 30 and a cover film 1 Ob.
The heating element 20 is a metallic heating wire formed by printing or etching and is provided on a top surface of the base film 1 Oa after welding two ends of the metallic heating wire with. power lines 20a, 20b. In addition, the heating element 20 is provided with the adhesive layer 30 which fixes the heating element 20 between the base film 10a and the adhesive layer 30; whereas, a top surface of the adhesive layer 30 is then attached with the cover film 10b to provide insulation, isolation and protection to the heating element 20. The primary shortcoming of this kind of structure that uses the metallic heating wire as the heating element is that the electrothermal plate and a heated object can easily accumulate heat, resulting in local overheating or burnout. Therefore, if the issue of being easy to accumulate heat can be solved, then the shortcoming of the flexible heating plate will be improved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a "plate-type"
flexible electrothermal plate to improve the shortcoming that an existing flexible electrothermal plate may be locally overheated, burnt out or non-uniformly heated as the heat-up is from a metallic heating wire.

The technical means utilized by the present invention is to provide a flexible electrothermal plate including a base film which is a film substrate with a good thermal conductivity, insulation and flexibility; a heating element which is fixed on an inner side of a top surface of the base film and is a conductor that heats up totally by an impedance of current; two electrodes which are combined with conductors at two sides of a top surface of the heating element to transmit current to the heating element;
two connection plates which are combined and adhered at one end of the two electrodes to be welded with power lines, transmitting the current of the power lines to the conductors on the heating element through the electrodes; and a plastic film which is fixed on the base film by press bonding or adhesion and covers the heating element, the electrodes and the connection plates for insulation and protection.

In the abovementioned flexible electrothermal plate, the said base film includes a PI film, a polyamide film, a PET film or a silicone film.

In the abovementioned flexible electrothermal plate, the said heating element is an electric conductive film made of graphene, graphite or carbon.

In the abovementioned flexible electrothermal plate, the said electrode includes silver which is provided with a good electric conductivity, such as a silver colloid or a silver plate.

In the abovementioned flexible electrothermal plate, the said connection plate is a metal with a good electric conductivity, such as a copper foil or an aluminum foil.
In the abovementioned flexible electrothermal plate, the said plastic film includes a top film and a lower film which tightly enclose the base film, the heating element, the electrodes and the connection plates by hot press bonding.

The flexible electrothermal plate disclosed by the present invention is provided with following benefits that: (1) the heating element heats up from a plate, which is different from the conventional heating element that heats up from a metallic heating wire; (2) the present invention can be bended freely to be attached on a heated object, increasing a contact area.between the heated object and the flexible electrothermal plate, such that an irregular-shaped object can be heated up uniformly and quickly, thereby improving the electrothermal efficiency.

To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a top view of a conventional assembly.

FIG. 2 shows a cutaway view along the line A-A in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 shows a three-dimensional perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a top view of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 shows a cutaway view along the line B-B in FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 shows a cutaway view along the line C-C in FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 shows a top view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a cutaway view along the line D-D in FIG. 7.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to FIGS. 3 through 6, it shows a first embodiment of the flexible electrothermal plate which comprises primarily a base film 40, a heating element 41, two electrodes 42, 43, two connection plates 44, 45 and a plastic film 48.

The said base film 40 is a flexible and insulative film substrate and can be a polyimide film, a polyamide film, a polyester film or a silicon film, preferably the polyimide film.

The said heating element 41 can be attached on an inner side of a top surface of the base film 40 by spray coating, printing or other means, and is fixed on the top surface of the base film 40 to form a layer of electric conductive film after drying, so as to produce heat energy. The said heating element 41 can use graphene, graphite or carbon as an electric conductive material.

The said electrodes 42, 43 are combined on two sides of a top surface of the heating element 41 to transmit current to the heating element 41 which is combined totally on the base film 40 to produce heat in a plane, which is able to improve the shortcoming that the metallic heating wire will be locally overheated and non-uniformly heated. The said electrodes 42, 43 are silver which is provided with a good electric conductivity.

The said connection plates 44, 45 are combined at one end of the two electrodes 42, 43 to provide welding with power lines 46, 47, thereby transmitting the current from the power lines 46, 47 to the heating element 41 through the electrodes 42, 43. The said connection plates 44, 45 include copper foils which are provided with a good electric conductivity.

The said plastic film 48 covers the heating element 41, the electrodes 42, 43 and the connection plates 44, 45 by press bonding or adhesion and is then fixed on the base film 40 to prevent the heating element 41 from oxidation and provide insulation and protection.

Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, it shows a second embodiment of the flexible electrothermal plate. The difference from the first embodiment lies in that the plastic film is changed into a top plastic film 49 and a lower plastic film 50 which tightly enclose the base film 40, the heating element 41, the electrodes 42, 43, the connection plates 44, 45 and the welding portions between the two ends of the power lines 46, 47 and the connection plates 44, 45 by hot press bonding, thereby providing a better water-proofing and insulation function.

It is of course to be understood that the two embodiments described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

Claims (11)

1. A flexible electrothermal plate comprising:

a base film, which is a film substrate of good thermal conductivity, insulation and flexibility;

a heating element, which is fixed on an inner side of a top surface of the base film and is a conductor that heats up totally by an impedance of current;

two electrodes, which are combined at conductors at two sides of a top surface of the heating element to transmit current to the heating element;

two connection plates, which are combined and adhered at one end of the two electrodes to provide for welding with power lines, so as to transmit the current from the power lines to the conductors on the heating element through the electrodes; and a plastic film, which is fixed on the base film by press bonding or adhesion and covers the heating element, the electrodes and the connection places to provide insulation and protection.
2. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the base film is a polyimide film.
3. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the base film is a polyamide film.
4. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the base film is a polyester film.
5. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the base film is a silicone film.
6. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is an electric conductive film made of graphene.
7. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is an electric conductive film made of graphite.
8. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is an electric conductive film made of carbon.
9. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is a silver plate which is provided with a good electric conductivity.
10. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the connection plate is a copper foil which is provided with a good electric conductivity.
11. The flexible electrothermal plate according to claim 1, wherein the plastic film includes a top plastic film and a lower plastic film which tightly enclose the base film, the heating element, the electrodes and the connection plates by hot press bonding.
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