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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1992

Filed:

Feb. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:

Ronald A Howard, Brook Park, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428408 ; 428407 ; 428323 ; 4284111 ;
Abstract

An expandable seal of flexible graphite composed of a prestressed flexible graphite composition of a mixture of flexible graphite and a thermoplastic material having a preselected melting temperature corresponding to the temperature at which the seal is to commence expansion. The flexible graphite composition is prestressed under a compressive force and a temperature such that the thermoplastic material is in a plastic state.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Howard, Ronald. (1992). Flexible graphite expandable seal and method (U.S. Patent No. 5130199). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5130199

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