Patent · US Expired

Layered fuel-line hose

US5076329A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1990
Grant dateDec 31, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S138/07
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A layered tubing for use in a motor vehicle has five layers, namely a thick tubular outer layer formed of a Nylon 11 or Nylon 12, a thick tubular intermediate layer of Nylon 6, a thin tubular intermediate bonding layer between and bonded to the thick outer and intermediate layers and formed of polyethylene or polypropylene, a thin tubular intermediate solvent-blocking layer inside the thick layers and formed of a copolymer of ethylene and vinylalcohol, and an inner layer of Nylon 6 inside the blocking layer. The thick outer and intermediate layers each have a thickness of between 0.2 mm and 0.7 mm. The thin intermediate blocking layer comprises by weight 30% to 45% polyethylene and the intermediate blocking layer has a thickness of between 0.1 mm and 0.2 mm. The inner layer has a thickness of at most 0.1 to 0.5 mm and the bonding layer has active side chains of maleic acid anhydride and a thickness of between 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm.

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