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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7235290 | Prepreg, a composite and their uses A prepreg containing fibers and a curable matrix, the prepreg having a core and a surface part encasing the core, where the matrix of the core and of the surface part are made of the same material and where the proportion of the matrix to the fibers is higher in the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7196025 | Method and apparatus for forming fabrics and fabrics made by the method A method for forming a material having an individually stabilized ply includes providing a ply having a non-orthogonal orientation. A stabilizing agent is then applied to maintain the orientation of the ply. The stabilizing agent could alternately be applied before ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7153792 | Flexible composites and applications including the flexible composites A flexible composite includes a ply having a non-orthogonal orientation. The flexible composite may be a component of a flexible assembly. The flexible assembly may be any number of fabric-based assemblies such as a radome cover of a radome, a belt for an industrial... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137416 | Method for producing an optical-fibre based fabric The invention relates to a method for weaving a fabric containing, at least partly, glass-fibres as warp threads and/or weft threads, which are treated in such a way that they enable light to be diffused in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6790518 | Ductile hybrid structural fabric A structural fabric having a first fiber with a first ultimate strain and a second fiber with a second ultimate strain greater than the first ultimate strain, the first and second fibers being in the same plane. The invention is further directed to a structural fabr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6764970 | Woven labels with an invisible bar code According to the invention the labels (22) are produced in a broad woven fabric (21) comprising ground warp yarn (4) and ground weft yarn (5) for a ground woven fabric (11), embroidery weft yarn (12) which forms a figure and... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6555488 | Three-dimensionally reinforced cellular matrix composite and method of making same A light-weight and impact-resistant composite material formed from a three-dimensional textile structure preform comprising at least three systems of yarns that define a plurality of interstices within the textile structure. A cellular matrix material imp... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6479413 | Composite friction elements and pultrusion method of making A composite friction unit of a three dimensional composite body is formed of a substantially uniform array of predominately glass strands of primary reinforcing fibers in matrix of phenolic resin material, the reinforcing fibers in the form of fabric dist... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6372072 | Composite laminate manufacture with multiaxial fabrics A method of manufacturing a composite laminate and a composite laminate manufactured according to the method are provided. The laminate comprises a series of fabric plies (1 to 15) of fibrous reinforcing material set in plastics matrix material. The metho... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6238761 | Unidirectional fiber sheet for reinforcing concrete beams and methods of preparing the same Disclosed is a unidirectional fiber sheet comprising an arranged fiber layer, a multi axial scrim, and a release paper having 3 to 80% of its surface area coated with an adhesive. The adhesive is applied to the release paper in the form of stripes which m... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6004891 | Composite fabric, in particular for hand luggage or clothes The composite fabric comprises a load-carrying grid disposed between cloth and a flexible layer that are held to each other, the load-carrying grid which is at least two-directional being made up at least of warp thread and weft thread which are held to o... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5965223 | Layered composite high performance fabric The present invention is a composite layered protective fabric having an outer primary layer composed of an abrasive material and an inner primary layer composed of an inherently cut-resistant material positioned below the outer primary layer and when ass... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5947160 | Loop holding mechanism for use in a multi-axial yarn structure forming machine In a loop holding mechanism (31), loop engaging pins (39) which are carried by pin blocks (38) are arranged successively to engage at a feed end (310) of the mechanism loop portions of yarns formed at opposite side edges of a multi-axial yarn structure be... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5840378 | Endless fabric for condensing paper material and method of making thereof An endless woven fabric for condensing paper material and a method for forming such an endless fabric which removes ink and other extraneous substances from the aqueous solution of reclaimed paper material. On the endless fabric formed by weaving plastic ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5783279 | Fibre preforms for structural composite components A fiber preform having a web and at least one flange has fibers disposed in the web such that each follows a zig-zag path and is interlocked with the fibers of the flange. A manufacturing method for the preform includes interlocking the web yarns with tho... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775381 | Bias yarn assembly forming device A device for forming from warp sheet a bias yarn assembly comprising two superposed bias yarn sub-assemblies in which the bias yarns of one sub-assembly are inclined to the bias yarns of the other sub-assembly and in both of which the bias yarns are incli... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5702993 | Triaxial fabric composed of carbon fiber strands and method for production thereof A triaxial fabric composed of carbon fiber strands is provided, which has a crimp releasing ratio (L'-L)/L satisfying (L0 -L)/L0 !×0.7ࣙ(L'-L)/Lࣙ0. Since the crimps of the fiber strands composing the fabric are preliminarily fi... | 12/30/1997 |
| 4438173 | Triaxial fabric A plurality of triaxial weaves particularly suitable for reinforcement in composite materials, for conformability to curved surfaces, and for inclusion of high modulus fibers. Each includes relatively unstabilized yarn courses, and each is weavable on a k... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4346139 | Highly weather-proof high strength tri-axial woven membrane materials A highly weather-proof high strength membrane material which comprises a polyvinyl fluoride resin film coated with an adhesive layer on one side thereof, a urethane resin applied by spraying on the adhesive layer, a triaxially woven fabric of polyaramide fibers as ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4020209 | Coated fabrics and laminated articles therefrom A coated triaxial fabric, a process for its preparation and a laminated article prepared therefrom are provided. The coated fabric comprises a triaxial fabric, such as glass or polyester fibers, having a polymeric material impregnating and coating the fab... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4010306 | Processes for impregnating and coating triaxial weave fabrics An improvement in processes for impregnating and coating triaxial weave fabrics is provided. The improvement is laminating a lightweight sheet structure based on continuous filament synthetic organic fiber to the triaxial weave fabric and then impregnatin... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3993817 | Orthogonally woven reinforcing structure A woven structure comprising at least a continuous band around an internal axis, suitable for impregnation with resin or for internal deposition of graphite from a reactive vapor, comprises axial threads, circumferential threads, and radial threads. The d... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3974989 | Inflatable lighter-than-air article composed of a coated triaxial weave construction An improved lighter-than-air article is provided. The improvement is a covering which consists essentially of a triaxial fabric having a gas impermeable polymeric film firmly adhered to one surface and a heat-sealable polymeric film firmly adhered to the ... | 08/17/1976 |