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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:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Robert D. Kenny, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Philip S. Smith, Hope Mills, NC (US);
Patricia A. Tooley, Dickson, TN (US);
Sundar Kilnagar Venkataraman, Avondale, PA (US);
Robert D. Kenny, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Philip S. Smith, Hope Mills, NC (US);
Patricia A. Tooley, Dickson, TN (US);
Sundar Kilnagar Venkataraman, Avondale, PA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The combination of a hinge and an insulated wire is provided, wherein the hinge is capable of closing and opening to an angle of at least 90°, the insulated wire being secured by the hinge so as to fold when said hinge is closed and to unfold when said hinge is opened, the insulation on the wire comprising fluoropolymer, such as tetrafluoroethylene/-hexafluoropropylene copolymer or tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether)/perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) copolymer, each polymer having a melting point of 260 to 290° C. and MIT Flex Life of at least about 15,000 cycles, the hinge being useful in such electronic devices as a laptop computer or a clamshell cell phone, attaching the keyboard and screen portion to one another, the insulation being capable of repeated opening and closing of the hinge without cracking of the insulation.
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