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Granted Patent B2
US 12,545,811 · App. 17/680,852 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Adhesive tape for jacketing elongated items such as more particularly cable harnesses and method for jacketing

Inventor: Andreas Schmidlin (Guderhandviertel, DE)
Assignee: Tesa SE
C09J7/21B32B5/022B32B5/024B32B7/12B32B15/14B32B15/18B32B15/20C09J5/00C09J7/385B32B2255/02B32B2255/205B32B2255/26B32B2307/718B32B2307/732B32B2405/00B60R16/0215C09J2203/302C09J2400/166C09J2400/263
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Patent No.
US 12,545,811
App. No.
17/680,852
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to adhesive tape, especially for lengthwise jacketing of elongate items such as cable harnesses in a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier having a top side and a bottom side, where the carrier, based on the cross direction, has a width BT, and at least one layer of adhesive applied on the bottom side of the carrier, the adhesive layer bearing a second carrier, the first carrier with the adhesive layer protrudes at least on one long edge relative to a side edge of the second carrier, where the first protrusion has a width of B start , characterized in that the first carrier is a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric and the second carrier is a metallic layer, and the first carrier has a basis weight of 50 g/m2 to 600 g/m2.

Claims (60)

1 . An elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape,

wherein the adhesive tape comprises: (A) a first carrier having a top side and a bottom side, the first carrier, based on a cross direction, having a width B T , and

(B) at least one layer of adhesive applied on the bottom side of the first carrier,

the adhesive layer bearing a second carrier,

the first carrier with the adhesive layer protruding at least on one long edge relative to a side edge of the second carrier, where a first protrusion of the first carrier has a width of B Start ,

wherein

the first carrier is a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric,

the second carrier is a metallic layer,

the first carrier has a basis weight of 50 g/m 2 to 600 g/m 2 ,

the second carrier is conductive in the transverse and longitudinal directions, and

the second carrier forms an electrically conducting ring closure directed towards a periphery of the elongate item.

2 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

a width B Protect of the second carrier on the adhesive layer is selected such that the width B Protect is lower than the width B T of the first carrier such that the first carrier with the adhesive layer protrudes two-sidedly relative to side edges of the second carrier, so as to form a second protrusion having a width B Wrap .

3 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

a width B Protect of the second carrier on the adhesive layer is selected such that the second carrier protrudes relative to a second side edge of the first carrier with the adhesive layer, so as to form a second protrusion having a width B Flag .

4 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 3 ,

wherein

B start has a width of 3 to 20 mm,

B Protect has a width of 50 to 200 mm,

B Wrap has a width of 50 to 200 mm, and/or

B Flag has a width of 50 to 200 mm.

5 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the construction of the woven fabric is as follows:

the warp thread count is 10 to 60/cm

the weft thread count is 10 to 40/cm

the warp threads possess a yarn weight between 40 and 400 dtex,

the weft threads possess a yarn weight between 40 and 660 dtex.

6 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the nonwoven fabric is a spunbonded web.

7 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the adhesive has a coatweight, based on an area of the carrier between 40 and 160 g/m 2 .

8 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the metallic layer used comprises

aluminium foil having a thickness of 15 to 100 μm,

copper foil having a thickness of 10 to 80 μm,

stainless steel foil having a thickness of 10 to 60 μm,

layer laminates of a polymeric film and metallic surface,

metallized woven or nonwoven fabrics.

9 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

an acrylate-based adhesive is used as adhesive.

10 . The elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein

at least one marker line extending in a longitudinal direction is present on the top side of the first carrier.

11 . A vehicle comprising the elongate item jacketed with an adhesive tape according to claim 1 .

12 . A method of jacketing an elongate item with an adhesive tape, said method comprising enveloping the elongate item with the adhesive tape in an axial direction, wherein the adhesive tape comprises: (A) a first carrier having a top side and a bottom side, the first carrier, based on a cross direction, having a width B T , and (B) at least one layer of adhesive applied on the bottom side of the first carrier,

the adhesive layer bearing a second carrier,

the first carrier with the adhesive layer protruding at least on one long edge relative to a side edge of the second carrier, where a first protrusion of the first carrier has a width of B start ,

wherein

the first carrier is a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric,

the second carrier is a metallic layer,

the first carrier has a basis weight of 50 g/m 2 to 600 g/m 2 ,

the second carrier is conductive in the transverse and longitudinal directions, and

the second carrier forms an electrically conducting ring closure directed towards a periphery of the elongate item.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: SCHMIDLIN, ANDREAS
To: TESA SE
Reel/Frame 059109/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 201 856.4 · Feb 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220275249A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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