Patent · US Expired

Cold-resistant fuel-line hose

US5390705A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1993
Grant dateFeb 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L11/12
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A layered tubing for use in a motor vehicle has a thick tubular inner layer formed of a synthetic resin having a predetermined hardness and a predetermined thickness and a thin tubular outer relax layer bonded externally to and surrounding the inner layer. This outer layer is formed of a synthetic resin having a hardness equal to at most 0.8 of the hardness of the inner layer and a thickness equal to at most 0.5 of the thickness of the inner layer. The inner layer can be one layer or can be formed of a plurality of coextruded and coaxial sublayers.

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