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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Rich Hahn, Ortonville, MI (US);
Scott Kowalczyk, Fairport Harbor, OH (US);
Norman S. Martucci, Clarkston, MI (US);
Rich Hahn, Ortonville, MI (US);
Scott Kowalczyk, Fairport Harbor, OH (US);
Norman S. Martucci, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kongsberg Actuation Systems II, Inc., Suffield, CT (US);
Abstract
A hose assembly and a method for forming the hose assembly are disclosed. The hose assembly includes a core tube having an outer peripheral surface and is formed from a fluoropolymer. The hose assembly also includes a first reinforcing layer disposed about the core tube and defining a plurality of first apertures, and a second reinforcing layer disposed about the first reinforcing layer and having an exterior surface and defining a plurality of second apertures. The hose assembly further includes a polymeric binder, formed from a binder composition, on the outer peripheral surface of the core tube, in the first and second apertures, and about the exterior surface of the second reinforcing layer to bond the first and second reinforcing layers to the core tube.