Laminates made from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene tape

US9533480B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Tam · Midlothian, US
• Mark Benjamin Boone · Midlothian, US
• Henry Gerard Ardiff · Swift Creek Farms, US
• Brian H. Waring · Chester, US
• Brian D. Arvidson · Chester, US
• Ashok Bhatnagar · Richmond, US
• Steven Correale · Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31913
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are laminates from multiple stacked plies of a uni-directional tape in which the tape formed from a plurality of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene gel spun, multi-filament yarns. The resultant laminate contains not more than five percent resin by weight. Related methods of making a laminate of this type are also disclosed.