Patent ID: 11926135
Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  D  H  Y | IPC B  D  H

Claim 4:
5. A method of reducing cracking in a foil layer of a wrappable textile sleeve, consisting of:
providing a textile layer;
providing a polymeric film layer having a first thickness between about 0.0001 inches and 0.00025 inches;
providing a dead soft metal foil layer having a second thickness between about 0.00035 inches and 0.0010 inches;
bonding the polymeric film layer directly to the textile layer; and
bonding the dead soft metal foil layer directly to the polymeric film layer, wherein the textile layer forms an inner layer of the wrappable textile sleeve and the dead soft metal foil layer forms an outer layer of the wrappable textile sleeve.