Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid circulation pipe for motor vehicle, method for manufacturing same and use thereof as motor vehicle engine coolant hose
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Application No.: US16480099Application Date: 2018-02-01
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Publication No.: US11092263B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Dominique Saint-Lary , Francois Le Briquer
- Applicant: TRISTONE FLOWTECH SOLUTIONS (TFS)
- Applicant Address: FR Carquefou
- Assignee: TRISTONE FLOWTECH SOLUTIONS (TFS)
- Current Assignee: TRISTONE FLOWTECH SOLUTIONS (TFS)
- Current Assignee Address: FR Carquefou
- Agency: Ipsilon USA, LLP
- Priority: FR1750869 20170202
- International Application: PCT/FR2018/050242 WO 20180201
- International Announcement: WO2018/142079 WO 20180809
- Main IPC: F16L11/12
- IPC: F16L11/12 ; C08L23/02 ; C08L23/06 ; C08L23/12

Abstract:
A motor vehicle cooling fluid flow pipe, such as an engine cooling fluid pipe, characterized in that the wall of the pipe is constituted by a single layer made of a polymer material comprising a mixture of at least two polymer materials of different natures, one of which, referred to as a first material, being a polyolefin, and the other of which, referred to as a second material, being a thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE).
The method of manufacturing this pipe comprises an operation of mixing at least the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE), a step of extruding said mixture in a screw extruder followed by a step of forming the pipe, the operation of mixing the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE) being performed upstream from the extruder or at its inlet.
The method of manufacturing this pipe comprises an operation of mixing at least the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE), a step of extruding said mixture in a screw extruder followed by a step of forming the pipe, the operation of mixing the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE) being performed upstream from the extruder or at its inlet.
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