ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,608, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ContiTech USA Inc. (Fairlawn, Ohio).
"High abrasion resistance hose cover" was invented by Guangzhuo Rong (Hudson, Ohio) and Thomas George Burrowes (North Canton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hoses include inner tube, a reinforcement layer disposed outwardly from the inner tube, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcement layer, and the cover layer and/or inner tube is based on a cured composition formed from a mixture containing a blend of chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) and cross-linkable oxidized high density polyethylene (oxidized HDPE), where the CPE and oxidized HDPE...