Adhesive Tape Laminate for Cable Harness Noise and Abrasion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current adhesive tapes for cable harnesses lack a combination of sound insulation, high abrasion resistance, temperature resistance, compatibility with core insulation, and hand-tearability, limiting their range of uses and performance in industrial applications, particularly in the automotive sector.

Innovation Solution

An adhesive tape featuring a laminate structure with a staple fiber nonwoven carrier, consolidated using mechanical, thermal, or chemical methods, combined with a thin PE film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, providing enhanced noise attenuation, temperature resistance, and improved tearability, while maintaining a lightweight and flexible design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If a fleece carrier is used for adhesive tape, then noise attenuation is improved, but abrasion resistance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenoise attenuationVSAvoidabrasion resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies composite materials by combining a fleece carrier with a film layer to create a laminate structure. The fleece provides noise attenuation while the film layer compensates for the lack of abrasion resistance, achieving both sound insulation and protective functions simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Strength

If a thick nonwoven carrier is used, then cushioning properties are improved, but the basis weight increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecushioning propertiesVSAvoidbasis weight
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSWeight of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the carrier structure into two distinct layers: a fleece layer for cushioning and a film layer for protection. This segmentation allows each layer to be optimized for its specific function while keeping the overall basis weight lower than using a single thick nonwoven layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Weight of stationary object

If a thin film is used for adhesive tape, then basis weight is reduced, but protection against media migration deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebasis weightVSAvoidprotection against media migration
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a composite laminate structure where a thin film layer is combined with a fleece carrier. The thin film provides basis weight reduction while the fleece layer compensates for the reduced barrier properties, maintaining protection against media migration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

4Strength

If adhesive mass is applied to penetrate into the carrier, then adhesion is improved, but the carrier structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadhesionVSAvoidcarrier structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a film layer as an intermediary between the adhesive and the fleece carrier. This film layer serves as a controlled interface for adhesive application, improving adhesion while keeping the fleece carrier structure simple and maintaining its noise attenuation properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The adhesive tape achieves improved noise attenuation, temperature resistance, and hand-tearability, offering a broader range of uses and enhanced performance in cable harness applications, including better protection against media migration and reduced fogging, with a reduced basis weight and improved adaptability to cable contours.

Implementation Method 1

a) a textile carrier (1), in particular a fleece, and b) a film (3), in particular a thermoplastic film, preferably a PE film, wherein a layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive (12) is applied on the free side of the film (3)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Implementation Method 2

The laminate (10) is formed from a textile carrier (1), in particular a fleece, and a film (3), in particular a thermoplastic film, preferably a PE film, wherein a laminating adhesive (2) is present between the textile carrier (1) and the film (3)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Data Source

PatentEP2500389B2Adhesive tape comprising a laminated support material formed from a textile layer and a film for sheathing elongated goods, in particular cable sets and sheathing method
Publication Date: 2023.02.08 TESA SE
  • EP2500389B2 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP2500389B2 patent drawingFigure 2

AI summary

The adhesive tape comprises a carrier material (10) that is provided on one side with an adhesive coating (12), where the carrier material consists of a laminate. The laminate is formed from a textile carrier (1) in the form of a staple fiber web or a spun-bonded web and from a film (3), which is located on an underside of the textile carrier and is made of polyolefins. A thickness of the film is 15-80 mu m. The adhesive coating is disposed on a free side of the film. The staple fiber webs are wet-laid, needle-punched or water-jet webs. The adhesive tape comprises a carrier material (10) that is provided on one side with an adhesive coating (12), where the carrier material consists of a laminate. The laminate is formed from a textile carrier (1) in the form of a staple fiber web or a spun-bonded web and from a film (3), which is located on an underside of the textile carrier and is made of polyolefins. A thickness of the film is 15-80 mu m. The adhesive coating is disposed on a free side of the film. The staple fiber webs are wet-laid, needle-punched or water-jet webs. The wet-laid, needle-punched or water-jet staple fiber webs or the spun-bonded webs are consolidated mechanically, thermally and/or chemically. The laminate consists of spun-bonded web, wet-laid web, needle-punched web or water-jet web with a multilayer polyethylene film. A width of the carrier material is 9-38 mm, and a basis weight of the carrier material is 60-150 g/m 2>.