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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:
Apr. 13, 2004

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Katsutoshi Ohta, Chiba, JP;

Shigeru Murakami, Chiba, JP;

Ryouichi Nakano, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 9/12 ; B29D 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 9/12 ; B29D 2/300 ;
Abstract

The pipe of the present invention comprises an ethylene base polymer comprising ethylene and an &agr;-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein (A) a maximum value of the residual stress is 0.13 MPa or less; (B) the crystallinity is 0.630 to 0.850; (C) a gradient of the crystallinity against a thickness of the pipe is 0.465 or less; and (D) the pipe has a thickness of 5 to 50 mm. It is excellent in a durability, a rigidity and an impact resistance and suited to uses for large diameter pipes receiving a high internal pressure.


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