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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Lei Wang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jeffrey R. Bailey, Houston, TX (US);
Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Easton, PA (US);
Adnan Ozekcin, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Mehmet Deniz Ertas, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Erika Biediger, Conroe, TX (US);
Lei Wang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jeffrey R. Bailey, Houston, TX (US);
Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Easton, PA (US);
Adnan Ozekcin, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Mehmet Deniz Ertas, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Erika Biediger, Conroe, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A multi-layer friction reducing tape, including: a foil layer including a metal, polymer, or hybrid-metal-polymer; an under layer disposed on the foil layer; an adhesion promoting layer contiguous with a surface of the under layer; a functional layer that includes a fullerene based composite, a diamond based material, diamond-like-carbon (DLC), or combinations thereof, wherein the functional layer is contiguous with a surface of the adhesion promoting layer; and a tape, including an adhesive layer and a backing material, wherein the adhesive layer is attached to a surface of the foil layer opposite the under layer.