US Patent Issued to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 11 for "Self-sealing hose" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,679, issued on March 11, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Self-sealing hose" was invented by Raymond Mark Gamache (Salinas, Calif.) and Christopher Marc LeTorre Phifer (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-sealing hose includes an inner rubber layer comprising a first rubber material; and an outer rubber layer comprising a second rubber material. The second rubber material has an ultimate strain of at least 100% and an elastic limit of at least about 7 MPa. The first rubber material has a modulus measured at 250% elongation of less than ...