US 12,228,210 B2
Traceable gasket and compression packing material
Carlos Daniel Braga Girao Barroso, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Christopher Louis Day, Kemah, TX (US); Jose Carlos Carvalho Veiga, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Josmar Baruffaldi Cristello, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Robert Adam Riggs, Chesterfield, VA (US); and André Carlos de Azevedo Valle, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Assigned to TEADIT N.A., INC., Pasadena, TX (US)
Filed by TEADIT N.A., INC., Pasadena, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,588.
Application 18/158,588 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/071021, filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/071021 is a continuation of application No. 16/939,786, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, granted, now 10,989,304, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160471 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F16J 15/10 (2006.01); D02G 3/32 (2006.01); D02G 3/36 (2006.01); D02G 3/38 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); F16J 15/12 (2006.01); F16J 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/104 (2013.01) [D02G 3/32 (2013.01); D02G 3/36 (2013.01); D02G 3/38 (2013.01); D02G 3/447 (2013.01); F16J 15/102 (2013.01); F16J 15/121 (2013.01); F16J 15/22 (2013.01); D10B 2101/12 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1352 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traceable composite gasket material comprising:
a. a sintered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) matrix;
b. metallic powder; and
c. traceable particles,
d. wherein the metallic powder and the traceable particles are dispersed within the PTFE matrix.