Patents by Inventor Carol Ainsworth

Carol Ainsworth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050025923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hose construction containing a thermoplastic barrier and a fluoroelastomer rubber layer. The hose comprises (1) a rubber layer comprising FKM rubber; and (2) a barrier layer comprised of a thermoplastic quadpolymer derived from (i) tetrafluoroethylene, (ii) vinylidene fluoride, (iii) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer of the formula CF2?CFRf where Rf is a perfluoroalkyl or a perfluoroalkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and (iv) a perfluorovinyl ether of the formula CF2?CF—(OCF2 CF(Rf))aOR?f where Rf is as described in (iii), R?f is a perfluoroaliphatic, preferably a perfluoroalkyl or a perfluoroalkoxy, of 1 to 8, preferably 1 to 3, carbon atoms, and a has a value of 0 to 3; wherein the barrier layer is adhered to the rubber layer with an adhesive amount of a thermoplastic terpolymer derived from tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Timothy Saupe, Carol Ainsworth