Patent · US Expired

Multi-layer fuel and vapor tube

US5884672A · kind A · utility

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39Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1997
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1393
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A layered tubing for use in a motor vehicle composed of a thick outer layer having an inner and an outer face, the outer tubing made of an extrudable thermoplastic such as a polyamide like Nylon 12; a thin intermediate layer uniformly connected with the inner face of the thick outer layer, the intermediate layer composed of an extrudable melt-processible thermoplastic capable of sufficiently permanent laminar connection with the polyamide outer layer; and an inner layer uniformly connected with the intermediate bonding layer, the inner layer composed of an extrudable, melt processible thermoplastic capable of sufficiently permanent laminar connection with the intermediate layer, the thermoplastic containing as a major constituent a fluoroplastic such as polychlorotrifluoroethylene, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymers, and the like.

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