US Patent Issued to CONTITECH USA on Sept. 1 for "Low permeation article with polyketone barrier layer" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,149, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CONTITECH USA LLC (Fairlawn, Ohio).

"Low permeation article with polyketone barrier layer" was invented by Heath Harris (Akron, Ohio) and Thomas George Burrowes (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer permeation resistant article, such as a fuel transfer hose, includes an elastomeric layer and a polyketone (PK) barrier layer. The elastomeric layer may be directly bonded to the PK barrier layer without an intervening adhesive layer. To facilitate such direct bonding, the elastomeric layer may be formed from a composition including one or more ethylene vinyl acetate elasto...