Method for manufacturing a conductive fabric and products thereof

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a conductive fabric and products thereof mainly fastens a first soft base and a second soft base with a conductive yarn interposed between them with spaced dot-type fastening spots through a fastening means to facilitate fast production of the conductive fabric. The fastening means could be a needle punching apparatus to provide needle punching on an upper layer fabric and a lower layer fabric without hitting the conductive yarn interposed between them. Thus all three of them can be fastened with the spaced dot-type fastening spots. And the conductive fabric can be produced more efficiently.

1 . A method for manufacturing a conductive fabric, comprising:
 disposing a conductive yarn between a first soft base and a second soft base located respectively on a upper layer and a lower layer to form a circuit layout in a symmetrical or asymmetrical fashion; and   forming spaced dot-type fastening spots between the first soft base and the second soft base through a constructing portion of a fastening means to fasten the conductive yarn rapidly between the first soft base and the second soft base.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first soft base and the second soft base are textiles or nonwovens, and the fastening means is a needle punching apparatus or a hydroentangling apparatus to form the spaced dot-type fastening spots through entangled fibres to bind the textiles or nonwovens. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the constructing portion of the fastening means produces a regular or staggered layout. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the spaced dot-type fastening spots are located around the conductive yarn. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first soft base and the second soft base consist of textiles or nonwovens, rubber material, synthetic resins and polymers, and the fastening means is a thermal bonding or thermal pressing apparatus to form the spaced dot-type fastening spots on the textiles or nonwovens, rubber material, synthetic resins and polymers for bonding and fastening. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conductive yarn has one or more electric coupling end extended outwards between the first soft base and the second soft base. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the conductive yarn is selected from the group consisting of stainless steel yarns, alloy fibre yarns, carbon fibre yarns, silver fibre yarns, copper fibre yarns, and other selected metal yarns or non-metal conductive yarns.