Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light weight seal cap
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Application No.: US14783916Application Date: 2014-04-15
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Publication No.: US10174781B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Jonathan D. Zook , Larry S. Hebert , Michael D. Swan , Sheng Ye , Susan E. DeMoss , Robin E. Wright
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- International Application: PCT/US2014/034073 WO 20140415
- International Announcement: WO2014/172305 WO 20141023
- Main IPC: F16B37/14
- IPC: F16B37/14 ; B64D45/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods and articles useful in sealing fasteners, including seal caps and methods of their use, and in particular light weight seal caps having higher dielectric breakdown strength, lower weight, and/or lower wall thick-ness. In some embodiments, the seal caps according to the present invention are made of a material having a dielectric breakdown strength of greater than 1.0 kV/mm, in some embodiments greater than 15.0 kV/mm, and in some embodiments greater than 50.0 kV/mm. In some embodiments, the seal caps according to the present invention are thin-walled, having an average wall thickness of less than 1.5 mm and in some embodiments less than less than 0.5 mm In some embodiments, the seal cap comprises a polyurethane polymer, a polythioether polymer, a polysulfide polymer, a fluorinated thermoplastic polymer, a THV polymer, a fluorinated thermo-set polymer, an engineering thermoplastic, and/or a PEEK polymer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069378A1 LIGHT WEIGHT SEAL CAP Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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