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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry S Chern, Richmond, VA (US);
Stephan C De La Veaux, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jacob Lahijani, Wilmington, DE (US);
James E Van Trump, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528348 ; 528183 ; 528337 ; 528344 ;
Abstract
High modulus, high tenacity fibers of poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide (PPD-T) are disclosed along with a fiber heat treating process for increasing the inherent viscosity and the crystallinity index of the PPD-T. Never-dried fibers swollen with water of controlled acidity are heated beyond dryness.