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Expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having elastic recovery property in thickness-wise direction of the film, production process thereof, and use of the porous film

US7976751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 2009
Grant dateJul 12, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249953
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having residual strain of at most 11.0% as measured after a load required to indent a rod, which is in a columnar form that its outer diameter is at least 2 mm and at least 1.9 times as much as the thickness of the film, and has a smooth plane perpendicular to its axis at a free end surface thereof and a modulus of longitudinal elasticity of at least 1.0×104 kgf/mm2, up to 20% of the film thickness at a strain rate of 100%/min from the free end surface is applied repeatedly 20 times, and a production process of the porous film, in which a step of compressing an expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having a high draw ratio is provided.

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