Multi-layer fuel and vapor tube
US6634389B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S138/07
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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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