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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Timothy Paul Saupe, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carol Lynn Ainsworth, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Timothy Paul Saupe, Lincoln, NE (US);
Carol Lynn Ainsworth, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hose construction containing a thermoplastic barrier and a fluoroelastomer rubber layer. The hose comprises () a rubber layer comprising FKM rubber; and () a barrier layer comprised of a thermoplastic quadpolymer derived from (i) tetrafluoroethylene, (ii) vinylidene fluoride, (iii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer of the formula CF═CFRwhere Ris a perfluoroalkyl or a perfluoroalkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and (iv) a perfluorovinyl ether of the formula CF═CF—(OCFCF(R))OR'where Ris as described in (iii), R′is a perfluoroaliphatic, preferably a perfluoroalkyl or a perfluoroalkoxy, of 1 to 8, preferably 1 to 3, carbon atoms, and a has a value of 0 to 3; wherein the barrier layer is adhered to the rubber layer with an adhesive amount of a thermoplastic terpolymer derived from tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene fluoride.