Patent ID: RE40083

Claim:
A process for fabricating a shaped article having a volume resistivity of less than 10 −2 ohm-cm, the process comprising: combining an injection moldable aromatic thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer resin and a composition comprising nickel-coated graphite fibers impregnated with a non-liquid-crystalline thermoplastic binder resin, to form a mixture at a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer resin, the graphite fibers being of a length of less than 2 cm and comprising about 5 to about 50% by weight of the mixture, and the binder resin comprising about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of the graphite; feeding the mixture to an injection molding machine wherein the thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer resin is melted and fed in the molten state to a mold; cooling the mold to a temperature at which the thermoplastic liquid crystalline polymer in the mixture no longer flows; and, removing the molded mixture from the mold.