	US 11,992,997 B2
	Biaxially oriented pipe with a thickened end portion
Ajay Kumar Taraiya, Masstricht (NL); and Ralf Kleppinger, Selfkant (DE)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,366.
Application 17/836,366 is a division of application No. 16/498,837, granted, now 11,396,124, previously published as PCT/EP2018/057705, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17163917 (EP), filed on Mar. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297373 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 55/26 (2006.01); B29C 61/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01)

CPC B29C 61/025 (2013.01) [B29C 55/26 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/5221 (2013.01); B29C 66/7352 (2013.01); B29C 66/73713 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); F16L 13/004 (2013.01); B29L 2023/22 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. A biaxially oriented pipe with a thickened end portion, wherein the thickened end portion has the same inner diameter as the biaxially oriented pipe and has a larger thickness than the biaxially oriented pipe, and wherein the thickened end portion is made of a same thermoplastic polymer composition as the biaxially oriented pipe, wherein the thickened end portion has a minimum ultimate tensile load of at least 80% of the minimum ultimate tensile load of the biaxially oriented pipe measured according to ASTM D2290.