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US 12,392,440 · App. 17/701,246 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Welded body

Inventors: Hitoshi Imamura (Osaka, JP); Eri Mukai (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Hamada (Osaka, JP); Yuuki Kuwajima (Osaka, JP); Manabu Fujisawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F16L47/02B29C66/1142B29C66/5221B29C66/5229B29C66/73921C08L27/18B29K2027/12B29K2027/18B29L2023/22C08F214/262
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Patent No.
US 12,392,440
App. No.
17/701,246
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a welded body having a connecting structure formed by welding a first molded body and a second molded body, wherein the first and second molded bodies contain at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of a tetrafluoroethylene/fluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and wherein the connecting structure has a liquid contact surface to be in contact with a liquid having a solubility parameter of 14 to 35 (MPa) 1/2 , a welded part formed in the connecting structure is not exposed to the liquid contact surface, and the number of particles of 30 nm or larger to be eluted from the liquid contact surface in the connecting structure is 1,000 particles/ml or less.

Claims (10)

1. A welded tube comprising a connecting structure formed by welding a first molded body and a second molded body,

wherein the first and second molded bodies contain a tetrafluoroethylene/fluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, wherein the number of functional groups of the copolymer is 50 or less per 10 6 carbon atoms, and a content of the fluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) unit in the tetrafluoroethylene/fluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer is 3.3 to 12.0% by mass based on a total amount of monomer units, and

wherein the first molded body is a tube with an outer diameter of 2 to 100 mm and a wall thickness of 0.1 to 10 mm, and the second molded body is a tube or a joint,

the connecting structure has a liquid contact surface to be in contact with a liquid having a solubility parameter of 14 to 35 (MPA) 1/2 ,

the liquid contact surface forms an inner surface of the welded tube,

a welded part formed in the connecting structure is formed by heating from an opposite side of the liquid contact surface, and the welded part is not exposed at the liquid contact surface, and

the number of particles of 30 nm or larger eluted into an isopropyl alcohol from the liquid contact surface in the connecting structure is 1,000 particles/mL or less when the welded tube is filled with the isopropyl alcohol in an amount equal to the inner volume of the welded tube and left to stand for one day at room temperature,

wherein the isopropyl alcohol at the time of being filled into the inner volume of the welded tube has a number of particles having a size of 30 nm or larger of 30 particles/ml or less.

2. The welded tube according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer has a melt flow rate of 1 to 60 g/10 min.

3. The welded tube according to claim 1 , wherein a melting point of the copolymer is 200 to 322° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: IMAMURA, HITOSHI; MUKAI, ERI; HAMADA, HIROYUKI; KUWAJIMA, YUUKI; FUJISAWA, MANABU
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059389/0535 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-172557 · Sep 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020029885 · Aug 4, 2020
Related Publication 20220213996A1 · Jul 7, 2022
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