Multi-layer plastic fuel tank
US5384172A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31928
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A multi-layer plastic fuel tank is constituted by at least one high-density polyethylene layer, at least one polyamide layer, and at least one modified high-density polyethylene layer made of high-density polyethylene modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivatives, which is interposed between each high-density polyethylene layer and each polyamide layer for bonding them, the polyamide layer being made of a polyamide copolymer comprising 90-60 weight % of polyamide 6 and 10-40 weight % of polyamide 66.
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