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Fuel tanks

US7074468B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2001
Grant dateJul 11, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31855
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Liquid containes made from certain ethylene copolymers have been found to leak less, swell and wrap less than conventional plastic liquid containes. The invention therefore provides the use of an ethylene and at least one C3-10 α-olefin copolymer having the following properties: i) MFR2=2–10; ii) MFR21/MFR2=15–20; iii) density —925–950 g/cm3; iv) molecular weight distribution Mw/MN=2.1–3.5 in the manufacture of a liquid container.

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