PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SHAPED ENERGY TRANSMISSION ARRAYS

摘要

A shaped energy transmission array made by forming an energy transmission sheet having a plurality of channels therein, a pair of opposed edges defining a plurality of discrete inputs to said channels and a plurality of discrete outputs from said channels respectively, bending the sheet along a line intermediate the pair of opposed edges so that portions of the sheet are in overlapping relation, shaping the portion of the sheet extending normally from the first of said pair of opposed edges to the desired shape whereby the first edge defines the desired shape, and fixing the conformation of the shaped array. The array may be formed from a plurality of filaments such as electrical conductors or fiber optical filaments aligned in side by side relation so that the pair of opposed edges are defined by the opposed ends of the filaments.