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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Kongsberg Actuation Systems Ii, Inc., Suffield, CT (US);
Leo Moreau, Broad Brook, CT (US);
Michael Paulson, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Rich Hahn, Ortonville, MI (US);
Arjen Schippers, Enschede, NL;
Kongsberg Actuation Systems II, Inc., Suffield, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a hose assembly is disclosed. The hose assembly comprises a tube formed from a polymeric material and defining an outer peripheral surface, and a reinforcing layer disposed about the outer peripheral surface of the tube. The reinforcing layer comprises reinforcing fibers and a binder formed from binding fibers. The method includes the steps of extruding the tube, forming a commingled braid from the reinforcing fibers and the binding fibers, and disposing the commingled braid about the outer peripheral surface of the tube to form a reinforced tube. The method also includes the steps of heating the reinforced tube to a temperature (T) equal to or greater than a peak melting temperature of the binding fibers to at least partially melt the binding fibers, and cooling the reinforced tube to solidify the melted binding fibers and form the hose assembly.