Self-sealing coating for fuel tanks
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsLarry W. Stuck, Colin G. Vogel, Flavien P. Montange, Daniel T. Bruder
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Abstract
A method of forming a self-sealing fuel tank includes: providing a container including internal surfaces and external surfaces and configured to hold a fuel; forming a latex coating layer over at least a portion of the internal surfaces and/or external surfaces; depositing or encapsulating an environmental layer over at least a portion of the latex coating layer; where the latex coating layer swells when contacted with the fuel; and where the latex coating layer is formed from a latex coating composition that is substantially free of a non-ionic associative thickener.
Claims20
A method of forming a self-sealing fuel tank, comprising:
- providing a container comprising internal surfaces and external surfaces and configured to hold a fuel;
- and
- forming a latex coating layer over at least a portion of the internal surfaces and/or external surfaces;
- wherein the latex coating layer swells when contacted with the fuel;
- and
- wherein the latex coating layer is formed from a latex coating composition that is substantially free of a non-ionic associative thickener.
A self-sealing fuel tank, comprising:
- a container comprising internal surfaces and external surfaces and configured to hold a fuel;
- and
- a latex coating layer over at least a portion of the internal surfaces and/or external surfaces;
- wherein the latex coating layer swells when contacted with the fuel;
- and
- wherein the latex coating layer is formed from a latex coating composition that is substantially free of a non-ionic associative thickener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.