Patent ID: 6423952
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A method of forming a connecting element on an end of a heater arrangement including a heating band with at least one heating conductor arranged therein, comprising the following seeps:a) cutting open said heating band so as to expose said at least one heating conductor at a prescribed location; b) applying a fluoropolymer layer onto said heating band by an extrusion process; c) arranging a shielding conductor braid over said fluoropolymer layer; d) cutting back said shielding conductor braid so as to remove said braid from an area of said connecting element and so as to form a junction lead on a cut portion of said braid; e) connecting one end of an extension line to said junction lead; f) applying an outer protective sheath of a fluoropolymer over at least a portion of said fluoropolymer layer, said shielding conductor braid, and said at least one heating conductor at said area of said connecting element, by a further extrusion process; and g) connecting at least one of respective conductor lines and respective contact members onto said at least one heating conductor, so as to form said connecting element.