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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:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
David S Freeman, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 347 ; 428 345 ; 428 346 ; 428 352 ; 428 358 ; 428 361 ; 428 368 ; 428 3691 ; 428 33 ; 428245 ; 428447 ; 138126 ;
Abstract
An elastomeric tube for environmentally protecting and/or electrically insulating an object and a separate sleeve having low surface friction disposed in the tube to facilitate assembly of the tube to the object. Methods of assembling the tube to the object are also disclosed.