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Flexible coolant conduit and method of making same

US5850855A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S138/07
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible conduit for coolant having a high bursting pressure above 8 bar at 100.degree. C. and high hydrolysis resistance comprising an outer layer of a material selected from the group consisting of homopolyamides, copolyamides and mixtures thereof with an excess of amino terminal groups, a non-swelling inner layer made of a material selected from the group consisting of non-halogenated copolyolefins, non-halogenated homopolyolefins and mixtures thereof and a middle layer compatible with the inner and outer layers made of a homopolyolefin or a copolyolefin with grafted functional groups, the layers being coextruded and corrugated during coextrusion.

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