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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Anthony Dennis Adams, Fairlawn, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A flexible hose,having a flexible material,and a more rigid material,The flexible material,and the more rigid material,being helically wound and molded together to form a hose,with an exterior surface,and an interior surface,. The cross-section of the more rigid material,having at least two peninsulas,, extending in longitudinally opposite directions, at least one radially inwardly extending peninsula,, and at least one radially outwardly extending peninsula,. The longitudinally extending peninsulas,are embedded in the flexible material,and the radially extending peninsulas,are at least partially embedded in the flexible material,. In the preferred embodiment, the longitudinally extending peninsulas,are centrally located in the flexible material,between the respective surfaces,of the hose,and the radially outwardly extending peninsula,extends beyond the flexible material,on the exterior surface,of the hose