Patent · US Expired

Multi-layer fuel and vapor tube

US6321795A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 1992
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2012

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 composed of a thick outer tubing 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 bonding layer bonded to the inner face of the thick outer layer, the bonding layer composed of an extrudable melt-processible thermoplastic such as poly butylene terepthalate capable of sufficiently permanent laminar adhesion to the polyamide outer tubing; and an inner layer bonded to the intermediate bonding layer, the inner layer composed of an extrudable, melt-processible thermoplastic such as Nylon 12.

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