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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Zeus Industrial Products, Inc., Orangeburg, SC (US);
Inventors:
Justin A. Marro, Orangeburg, SC (US);
John Richard Campanelli, West Columbia, SC (US);
Patrick Cooper, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Robert L. Ballard, Lexington, SC (US);
Douglas Lee Tourville, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
ZEUS COMPANY INC., Orangeburg, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 27/18 (2006.01); A61M 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 27/18 (2013.01); A61M 39/08 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0222 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides extruded PTFE composite tubes with a reduced coefficient of friction (COF). In some embodiments, such extruded PTFE composite tubes may exhibit a reduced change in coefficient of friction between about 20° C. and about 40° C. with the inclusion of secondary polymeric particles with small particle sizes (<100 μm) at loading percentages of less than about 50 weight %.