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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Tam T. M. Phan, Bear, DE (US);
Anthony J. DeNicola, Jr., Newark, DE (US);
John C. Haylock, Schenectady, NY (US);
Basell Poliolefine Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A three-layer, co-extruded tube has (1) an inner polyamide layer, (2) a middle layer made from (a) a modified polylefin, (b) a broad molecular weight distribution propylene polymer material, (c) a graft copolymer made from a backbone of propylene polymer material to which is grafted a methyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate copolymer or a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer, and (d) an olefin copolymer rubber, and (3) an outer layer made from (a) a broad molecular weight distributation propylene polymer material, (b) a graft copolymer made from a backbone of propylene polymer material to which is grafted a methyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate copolymer or a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer, and (c) an olefin copolymer rubber. The tubing is suitable for fuel systems, high pressure tubing, and other tubing for automotive applications.