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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114792 | Three-dimensional woven hollow layer-connecting fabric The present invention relates to a three-dimensional woven hollow layer-connecting fabric, comprising an upper layer-surface (10) formed by crossing upper ground warp yarns (1), (2) and a weft yarn (3) and a lower layer-surface (11... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8026189 | High-temperature and fire-resistant fabric and a method of manufacturing thereof A method of making a high-temperature and fire-resistant fabric is described in which staple carbon fiber yarns are woven into a unified multi-layer woven fabric. The warp ends and filling picks of the unified multi-layer woven structure are positioned such that the... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017532 | Quasi-unidirectional fabrics for structural applications, and structural members having same According to one aspect, a fabric for use in structural applications, having a first layer of structural yarns comprising first structural yarns aligned in a first direction, a second layer of structural yarns comprising second structural yarns aligned in a second d... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7964520 | Method for weaving substrates with integral sidewalls The present invention generally relates to an integrally woven three-dimensional preform with at least one sidewall in at least one direction constructed from a woven base fabric comprising two or more layers, and a method of forming thereof. A plurality of fibers i... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960298 | Method for weaving closed structures with intersecting walls The present invention generally relates to a woven preform for reinforced composite materials and a method of making thereof. Specifically, the present invention is a method of machine weaving fiber preforms for polymer matrix composites that consist of closed perim... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943535 | Hybrid three-dimensional woven/laminated struts for composite structural applications A woven preform used to reinforce a composite structure which includes a central portion having a plurality of interwoven layers. The preform also includes first and second end portions having a plurality of independent woven layers that are integrally woven with th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7759266 | Dual crimped warp fabric for conveyor belt applications A conveyor belt reinforcing fabric weave is disclosed, having a plurality of center tension warps crimped about a plurality of middle wefts. Upper and lower wefts lie above and below the middle wefts. The upper and lower wefts are in opposition to each other and in ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7655581 | Hybrid three-dimensional woven/laminated struts for composite structural applications A woven preform used to reinforce a composite structure which includes a central portion having a plurality of interwoven layers. The preform also includes first and second end portions having a plurality of independent woven layers that are integrally woven with th... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7412991 | Industrial two-layer fabric In an industrial two-layer fabric, either one of an upper side binding yarn and a lower surface binding yarn constituting a pair to be woven with an upper surface weft and a lower side weft passes under one lower surface weft and then passes over a plurality of lowe... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7357155 | Different contour paired binders in multi-layer fabrics A multi-layer fabric which may be utilized in a papermaking process. The fabric layers are bound together by plural pairs of weft binder yarns. Each binder yarn within a pair weaves a different contour pattern and combines with the other binder yarn in that pair to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7312166 | High-visibility textile surface The invention concerns a textile surface having at least a high-visibility face. It is obtained from yarns or fibres of at least three types, of blanketing yarns or fibres, heat-stable yarns or fibres and high-visibility yarns or fibres. The surfaces provide excelle... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306014 | Industrial two-layer fabric In a lower surface side layer of an industrial two-layer fabric, warps are formed by sequentially arranging a repeating design unit, in which one warp passes over six successive lower surface side wefts, passes under one lower surface side weft, passes over two lowe... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7270151 | Industrial two-layer fabric An industrial two-layer fabric which comprises eight pairs of warps obtained by arranging eight upper surface side warps and eight lower surface side warps, and a plurality of upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts, and has an upper surface side layer... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7251871 | Fabricating three-dimensional annular fiber structures The present invention provides a method of fabricating an annular fiber structure, the method comprising the steps consisting in: providing a first fiber sheet made up of substantially unidirectional elements; forming a transverse, first annular sheet by laying the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238632 | Electromagnetic wave shielding material The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material including a three dimensionally knitted base material and a conductive metal layer formed on the three dimensionally knitted base material, which shielding material is characterized in that it... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238075 | Personal water activity apparatus with variable light display for protection against sharks and other water-borne predators Apparatus for protecting users of surfboards, kayaks and other personal water activity apparatus against sharks and other water-borne predators is provided. A plurality of lights is provided on the bottom and side surfaces of the personal water activity apparatus. T... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225838 | Method for producing a fabric in plain weaves and leno weaves and a loom for carrying out the method A loom simultaneously forms a plain weave (16) and a gauze weave (15) in a textile (9) in one weaving cycle. To form the plain weave (16), the adjacent warp threads (1L,2L) that are used to form the upp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214557 | Light receiving or light emitting modular sheet and process for producing the same A light receiving or light emitting modular sheet having a plurality of spherical elements arranged in matrix. It is constituted only of acceptable spherical elements and photoelectric conversion efficiency thereof is enhanced. The light receiving modular she... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168453 | Multi wefts inserting weaving machine for lattice woven structure A multi-wefts inserting weaving machine, comprising a block arraying device comprising an upper plate and a lower plate which face each other and are movable upward and downward; and a plural number of unit blocks attached to the internal facing sides of the upper p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169720 | Moisture management system A three dimensional fabric suitable for use as a moisture management system for footwear and apparel which includes a first surface and a second surface which encase a center section. At least one surface is water repellent and may include pores of a predetermined s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160361 | Evaporative emission treatment device Disclosed herein an evaporative emission treatment device comprising: a housing; and an adsorption member disposed in the housing, the adsorption member comprising an adsorption component comprising an activated carbon textile made from a novoloid precursor. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144830 | Plural layer woven electronic textile, article and method A woven article having plural weave layers comprises a plurality of electrically insulating and/or electrically conductive yarn in the warp and a plurality of electrically insulating and/or electrically conductive yarn in the weft interwoven with the yarn in the war... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114529 | Multilayer through-air dryer fabric A multilayer through-air dryer (TAD) fabric architecture having a single warp yarn system with a maximum warp fill and a weft yarn system comprised of two sets of weft yarns selected to set the warp yarn height above the weft yarns without embedment into the fabric ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108020 | Warp triplet composite forming fabric A forming fabric having a paper side layer and a machine side layer comprises a first set of paper side layer wefts, a second set of machine side layer wefts and a single set of warp yarn triplets. In the fabric weave pattern, each member of each triplet set of warp... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101154 | Turbomachine blade, in particular a fan blade, and its method of manufacture The composite turbomachine blade of the present invention comprises a preform made of yarns or fibers woven in three dimensions and a binder maintaining the relative disposition between the yarns of the preform. Said preform is made up of warp yarns and of weft yarn... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080411 | Protective garment A protective body garment is provided including a vest having a body with arm holes, the vest having an internal surface and an external surface, and a front that, when worn, is adjacent to a wearer's chest and stomach, sides that, when worn, are adjacent to the wea... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059357 | Warp-stitched multilayer papermaker's fabrics A warp-stitched multilayer papermaker's fabric has a set of bottom warp yarns, a set of bottom weft yarns, a set of top weft yarns and a set of warp stitching yarn pairs. The bottom warp yarns are interwoven with the bottom weft yarns. The stitching warp yarns inter... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048829 | Paper making wire cloth A papermaking wire cloth, especially for the sheet forming zone, includes a paper side (12) and a backing side (14). The wire cloth is formed out of at least one type of transverse threads (16, 18) which are interwoven with at least one type of ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032624 | Low-vibration shedding system A novel rod linkage for driving a heddle shaft includes at least one strap (16), which for damping oscillation has a sandwich structure (37) oriented in the longitudinal direction (L) of the strap assembly (16). The sandwich structure includes a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025375 | Air-bag arrangement and a method of inflating an air-bag An air-bag arrangement provides protection for the occupant of a motor vehicle. The air-bag arrangement incorporates an airbag (50) formed by two layers (51, 52) interconnected to form a first set of chambers (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), having a p... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025596 | Method and apparatus for solder-less attachment of an electronic device to a textile circuit A method and apparatus form electrical connections between electronic circuits and conductive threads (102, 104, 106, 108) that are interwoven into textile material (130). Electronic circuits (128), such as semiconductor dies, are connected to a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7008512 | Fabric with three vertically stacked wefts with twinned forming wefts A papermaker's fabric, usable in the forming section of a paper machine, has three layers of cross-machine-direction (CD) wefts. The forming layer wefts are grouped into pairs. This twinning of the top-layer wefts results in non-equal spacing in the forming layer. T... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6989079 | High support double layer forming fabric A double layer forming fabric for a paper making machine is woven to an overall repeating pattern, which comprises in combination paper side layer weft yarns, machine side layer weft yarns, and warp yarns. The paper side layer weft yarns interweave with the warp yar... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6972269 | Net-like structure particularly for geotechnical uses A net-like structure particularly for geotechnical applications which comprises a first and a second layer which are mutually spaced and joined one another by spacers which are co-extruded together with the layers. At least one of the layers comprises at least one s... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955192 | Vehicle running assisting fabric In a fabric to assist a vehicle to run in the presence of snow, sand, or mud, or in an unleveled land, a core fabric is formed by weaving the weft and the warp. An upper convexity warp which is disposed over the core fabric forming warp and is woven with an upper co... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955999 | Composite textile material for protecting the human body against heat Composite textile material for protecting the human body against heat, essential comprising an outer zone providing a leakproofing function, an intermediate zone in which a flow of air circulates, and an inner zone allowing mass and heat to be transferred into the i... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935197 | Method and apparatus for testing uncured prepreg material The invention provides an apparatus and method for testing the tensile load bearing properties of a sample of uncured prepreg composite material. The apparatus includes a housing comprising an internal cavity for receiving a sample to be tested. It also has a bladde... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936339 | Carbon composites with silicon based resin to inhibit oxidation A thermal protection system (TPM) for protecting a surface subject to high thermal load comprising a fiber substrate where the substrate is composed of woven or non-woven layers of fibers laminated together, or the substrate is formed by a process of three-dimension... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920902 | Multi-layer fabric A fabric having top and bottom layers, with each layer having machine direction (MD) yarns and cross-direction (CD) yarns interwoven together. The fabric includes pairs of binder yarns that bind together the top and bottom layers. The binder pairs are interwoven so ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913045 | Process for selectivity lacing filaments on multidimensional textile preforms and device for practicing the same A process for selectively lacing filaments on multi-dimensional textile preforms made of rods, the rods are displaced by the filament and pressed vertically downwardly by a needle with an open eye which, after passing through the piece to be laced, is opened at an i... | 07/05/2005 |
