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US 5,133,516 AGranted
Drag reduction article
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsFrancis J. Marentic, Terry L. Morris
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Abstract
A conformable drag reduction article is provided having a patterned surface capable of reducing drag resistance by fluid flowing thereover.
Claims4
An article having reduced drag resistance to a fluid flowing thereover, said article comprising a conformable, crosslinked sheet material having a patterned first surface which contacts said fluid and which reduces said drag resistance, wherein said patterned surface comprises a series of parallel peaks separated from one another by a series of parallel valleys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.