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US 8,518,517 · App. 13/138,599 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Hook and loop fastener element

Inventor: Konstantinos Poulakis (Hildrizhausen, DE)
Assignee: Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,518,517
App. No.
13/138,599
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a hook and loop fastener element having an electrically non-conductive carrier ( 4 ), preferably made of a plastic material, defining a gripping surface ( 6 ) from which gripping elements ( 8 ) extend that can engage with counter-elements for forming a hook and loop closure, at least one electrical conductor ( 14 ) being present within the gripping surface ( 6 ), characterized in that the carrier is provided in the form of a carrier band defining a longitudinal axis, and that said band is wrapped by the at least one conductor over at least part of the length thereof.

Claims (12)

1. A hook and loop fastener element with an electrically non-conductive substrate ( 4 ), which defines an adhesive area ( 6 ), from which extend the adhesive elements ( 8 ) that can interlock with counter-elements in order to form a hook and loop fastener, at least one electrical conductor wire ( 14 ) being present inside the adhesive area ( 6 ), characterized in that the substrate is provided in the form of a substrate tape ( 4 ) defining a longitudinal direction, and that said substrate tape is wrapped over at least one part of its length by the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ).

2. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ) in a winding layer is arranged without crossing in a continuous manner on the substrate tape ( 4 ).

3. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 2 , characterized in that the windings on the front adhesive area ( 6 ) and on the back side of the substrate tape ( 4 ) run relative to the longitudinal axis at a pitch angle that is at least 10 angular degrees.

4. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ) runs from one end to the other end of the substrate tape ( 4 ).

5. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that a wire pattern of crossing wire sections is formed in that the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ) is wrapped around the substrate tape ( 4 ) so as to form at least two winding layers.

6. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 5 , characterized in that the winding layers slope toward the longitudinal axis of the substrate tape ( 4 ) in the direction of pitch reversed to each other.

7. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 6 , characterized in that both winding layers are formed at mutually opposite, identical pitch angles, so that in each case the wire sections cross one another in a centered manner on the adhesive area ( 6 ) and the back side of the substrate tape ( 4 ).

8. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 5 , characterized in that an electrically conductive network ( 14 ) is formed inside the adhesive area ( 6 ).

9. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ) extends along the adhesive area ( 6 ) in abutment on the adhesive elements ( 8 ).

10. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that the substrate ( 4 ) is made of a synthetic plastic material.

11. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 1 , characterized in that the back side of the substrate tape ( 4 ) has a layer of adhesive ( 10 ) that is superposed on the at least one conductor wire ( 14 ).

12. The touch-and-close fastener element according to claim 11 , characterized in that the layer of adhesive ( 10 ) has a cover strip ( 12 ), which can be peeled off in order to attach the touch-and-close fastener element ( 2 ) to a structural element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2011
From: POULAKIS, KONSTANTINOS
To: GOTTLIEB BINDER GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 026924/0076 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 020 944 · May 13, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120027987A1 · Feb 2, 2012