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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. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Li-Shiang Liang, Harvard, MA (US);
Emile O. Montminy, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Filter Corporation, Palm Desert, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/40 ;
Abstract
An electrodeionization apparatus comprising an endblock formed from a resilient material, and method for making the same. The resilient material may include various types of thermoplastic elastomers, such as, styrene block copolymers, copolyesters, plolyurethanes, polyamides, thermoplastic elastomeric olefins, and thermoplastic vulcanizates. The resilient material may have a Shore A hardness of between about 40 and about 90.