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- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for manufacturing assembly having multiple separated conductors embedded within a substrate
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Application No.: US17319686Application Date: 2021-05-13
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Publication No.: US11749427B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Jared Bilas , David R. Peterson , Gerald A. Rhinehart, Jr.
- Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited
- Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
- Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: BB St Michael
- Agency: Billion & Armitage
- Main IPC: H01B13/012
- IPC: H01B13/012 ; G05B19/04 ; G05B19/418

Abstract:
An apparatus includes an extruding device configured to dispense a dielectric material though an orifice, a wire feed device configured to feed a conductive wire through the orifice, and a cutting device configured to sever the wire. It also includes an electronic controller configured to control the extruding device, the wire feed device, and the cutting device. The electronic controller commands the extruding device to dispense the dielectric material though the orifice, the wire feed device to feed the wire through the orifice, and the cutting device to sever the wire, thereby forming a dielectric substrate encasing a plurality of wires. The electronic controller further commands the extruding device to form an opening defined in the substrate in which plurality of electrically conductive wires is exposed and a location feature on the substrate located with a positional tolerance less than or equal to 1 mm relative to the opening.
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