ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,181, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Layered body and extrusion-molded article" was invented by Kozue Osawa (Osaka, Japan), Yuuki Kuwajima (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Tsuji (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube or a hose including a fluoroelastomer and a polytetrafluoroethylene, the tube or the hose being an extruded article. The polytetrafluoroethylene is dispersed in a state of single particles in the extruded article, or the polytetrafluoroethylene has a specific surface area of less than 8 m2/g. Also disclosed is an extruded laminate including a fluoroelastomer layer formed f...