Patents Assigned to Southeastern Universities Res. Assn, Inc.
  • Flexible collapse-resistant and length-stable vaccum hose
    Patent number: 6607010
    Abstract: A hose for containing a vacuum, which hose has an impermeable flexible tube capable of holding a vacuum and a braided or interwoven flexible interior wall, said wall providing support to said interior wall of said impermeable flexible tube. Optionally, an exterior braided or woven wall may be provided to the hose for protection or to allow the hose to be used as a pressure hose. The hose may delimit a vacuum space through which may travel a thermal transfer line containing, for example, cryogenic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Southeastern Universities Res. Assn, Inc.
    Inventor: David H. Kashy