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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Andrew J. Holliday, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B23B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/0058 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B23B 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a vent array comprising a plurality of venting regions comprising a porous PTFE matrix material and a nonporous material comprising a substrate material having a plurality of perforations, wherein the substrate material fills the pores of a porous PTFE matrix material to form nonporous regions, the nonporous regions interconnecting the plurality of venting regions.