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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365032 | Flame-retardant union fabric A flame retardant union fabric obtained by combining (A) 30 to 70% by weight of a fiber comprising as a main component a flame retardant halogen-containing fiber made of a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an acrylic copolymer of 30 to 70% by weight of a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7304007 | Woven composite fabric As subject of the present invention, a woven composite fabric, comprising metal elements and polymer elements is provided. The metal elements being metal wires, bundles of metal wires, metal strands or metal cords. According to the invention, the polymer elements ar... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288494 | Electro-magnetic wave shield cover An electro-magnetic wave shield cover having an array of first yarn members (10) formed by bundling (48) ends of polyester fibers around which a tin-plated copper metallic foil (12) is wound. The second yarn member (20) is formed by bundl... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264645 | Plate-shaped filter element A plate-shaped filter element made from several wire cloth layers and having at least one layer in the form of a filter cloth is designed to allow particles of a certain size can be filtered out from a filterable material, whereby, in particular, particles can be fi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252860 | Process for producing a high temperature stable fiber reinforced ceramic A process is disclosed for producing a high temperature stable fiber composite ceramic by chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) with a silicon carbide precursor in a suitable carrier gas on carbon fiber preforms or silicon carbide fiber preforms. This process is charact... | 08/07/2007 |
| 6998165 | Laminate system for a durable controlled modulus flexible membrane A fabric system for producing at least a woven fabric of controlled modulus or elongation in the MD or warp axis, has a core layer which is the main structural element, and may have one or more woven cover fabrics adhesively bonded with an off axis configuration to ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6966693 | Thermal characterization chip A thermal characterization chip comprising a substrate having overlying electronics, the electronics including semiconductor circuitry and thin film circuitry overlying the semiconductor circuitry; wherein the electronics define a plurality of thermal domains, each ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6834685 | Bi-modulus reinforcement fabric A fabric system and manufacturing method for achieving higher fiber crimp in selected fibers to reduce initial fabric modulus (gain higher elongation) in the thread-line direction. The fabric system and method utilizes processing yarns of higher shrinkage than the p... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6803333 | Airbag fabrics made from high denier per filament yarns An airbag fabric is made from multifilament yarns each comprised of a plurality of individual filaments, with each filament having a linear density in the range from about eight (8) decitex to eleven (11) decitex per filament, and more preferably a linear density in... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6787491 | Woven composite fabric As subject of the present invention, a woven composite fabric, comprising metal elements (51) and polymer elements (52) is provided. The metal elements (51) being metal wires, bundles of metal wires, metal strands or metal cords. According to th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6780797 | Textile possessing antilaceration properties Textile (1) possessing antilaceration properties, which is made from synthetic cables (2) sheathed with a polymer material, such as polyvinyl chloride, and includes, in the warp direction and the weft direction, metal cables (3, 4) sheathed with... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6740608 | Low contaminant polyester wiper A method of manufacturing a polyester textile fabric having a relatively low level of particulate contaminates and high absorbency is provided by heatsetting the fabric at a temperature of 300° F. or less. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6713412 | Low permeability, high strength timing fabric for utilization within airbag inflation modules Specific fabric articles exhibiting very low air and/or gas permeability (even upon application of high inflation pressures) and very high tear strengths are herein disclosed and claimed. Such a specific fabric also permits the incorporation of discrete openings (th... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6638883 | Carbon-matrix composites, compositions and methods related thereto The present invention relates to carbon-matrix composites, such as carbon--carbon composites, and a method for forming them by forming a fabric of fusible and infusible fibers which can be processed and carbonized to form a composite. The methods disclose... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6455449 | Coated multi-denier mixed fabrics for use in inflatable vehicle restraint systems A coated woven textile fabric is disclosed which is formed of synthetic yarns of more than one denier preferably synthetic filamentary yarns of differing deniers. A polymeric coating such as polyurethane is layered on at least one side thereof, but may al... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6399524 | Composite materials with highly aligned discontinuous fibers, and methods of preparation thereof A composite material includes a highly aligned discontinuous fibers. The material comprises a plurality of substantially aligned warp fibers which have been woven about a plurality of weft filaments, each warp fiber having a series of crossover points wit... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6346492 | Fabric for use in prosthetics A fabric used with an inflatable penile prosthesis and having a high fabric weave density is disclosed. The fabric is comprised of substantially non-distensible warp fibers and expandable/contractible fill fibers. The warp fibers are made of a 40 denier p... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6274519 | Food wrapping cloth A food wrapping cloth comprises a fabric serving as a material and formed of a warp and a weft; the warp being composed of a cellulosic fiber yarn and a twist yarn formed by twisting an antibacterial yarn with a cellulosic fiber yarn, the antibacterial ya... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270865 | High air velocity duct board having minimal turbulence A rigid air duct is provided for conducting flowing air. The air duct includes a fiber glass board that is deformed to define a channel for conducting flowing air. A mat facing is adhered to an interior surface of the board and is made of a fabric includi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6251809 | Composite materials with highly aligned discontinuous fibers, and methods of preparation thereof A composite material includes a highly aligned discontinuous fibers. The material comprises a plurality of substantially aligned warp fibers which have been woven about a plurality of weft filaments, each warp fiber having a series of crossover points wit... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6105276 | Limiting orifice drying medium, apparatus therefor, and cellulosic fibrous structures produced thereby A limiting orifice through-air-drying medium for papermaking or other absorbent embryonic webs. The medium may be used in an apparatus which can be embodied in a cover and a roll. The medium has the unique combination of a relatively high bending fatigue ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6080690 | Textile fabric with integrated sensing device and clothing fabricated thereof A textile fabric including a plurality of electrically conductive fibers and at least one electronic sensor or a plurality of sensing fibers. The textile fabric is intended for fabrication into a functional article of clothing or other item made of the wo... | 06/27/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5994615 | Highly efficient surge material for absorbent article There is provided a surge material for personal care products which is a wettable web of fibers of 30 microns in diameter or less where the web has a permeability between about 250 and 1500 Darcys, a capillary tension between about 1.5 and 5 cm, and which... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5962348 | Method of making thermal core material and material so made The present invention discloses a method a method of making a material for thermal cores and the material so made. In particular, the present invention disclose a method including the steps of applying thermally conductive particles over at least a portio... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5952250 | Uncoated fabric for producing airbags An uncoated fabric for producing airbags, said fabric woven of synthetic monofilaments and having a monofilament denier in the weft which is less than that of the warp.... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5783268 | High air velocity duct board having minimal turbulence A rigid fiber glass duct board for air ducts in which the air contacting surface is a mat facing formed from a saturated polyester/glass mat which presents a smooth surface to flowing air and hence avoids surface degradation at very high air velocities. A... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5728438 | Shrinkable covering and method of manufacture An improved shrinkable covering made of a shrinkable plastic compound having an inlay of non-recoverable threads and recoverable threads has the recoverable threads arranged with excess length, preferably in helical form, and extending in the stretching a... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5633075 | Composite material A cable splice case or other article for environmental sealing comprises a composite material having multifilament fibers therein, which fibers are blocked in order to prevent passage of fluid through the material in a direction parallel to its major surf... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5540969 | Insulating tape and method of producing it To improve the thermal conductivity of the main insulation of an electrical machine, an insulating tape is proposed which is composed of one or more glass-fabric layers (6) and mica layers (5). Only essentially the interspaces of the glass fabric (6) whic... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5527575 | Recoverable fabric sleeve A heat recoverable sleeve has a high recovery ratio of at least 60%. It uses a specific arrangement of recoverable fibers in one direction woven in a twill configuration with both heat stable fibers and heat recoverable fibers extending in another directi... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5480708 | Conformable orthopedic casting tape A conformable orthopaedic casting tape made with a combination of an elastic fiber and a non-elastic fiber is disclosed. The casting tape is capable of stretching 40% to 200% in the length direction and has a power of between 40 and 175 grams per inch wid... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478639 | Adhesive tape for preventing implosion of cathode ray tube An adhesive tape for preventing implosion of a CRT is provided. The tape includes a backing, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the backing and a hot melt adhesive layer on the opposite side of the backing. The backing is a union cloth of ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5462791 | Fiber-reinforced plastic material comprising stacked woven fabrics of differential weave in a plastic matrix There are disclosed fiber-reinforced plastic materials with a composite structure including at least two kinds of fibers as reinforcing materials, which have reciprocal thermal expansion and contraction properties, and a synthetic resin as a matrix. The f... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5456974 | Ballistic resistant article comprising a three dimensional interlocking woven fabric An article of manufacture that contains a plurality of yarns woven into an interlocking 3-dimensional structure whether or not uniform and symmetrical such that the interlocking impedes the penetration of projectiles such as bullets, fragments, flachettes... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5433998 | Stabilized fabric with weave reinforcement for resin matrices A woven, stabilized fabric suitable for reinforcing resin matrices is provided. The fabric comprises a woven fabric of graphite, fiberglass, aramid, etc., in which a limited amount of a resin coated fiber is woven into one direction of the fabric. Prior t... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5418035 | Thermoplastic composite fabrics and formed article produced therefrom An integrally formed article of thermoplastic composite members having a first member which is a preformed laminate of a plurality of thermoplastic composite fabrics comprising reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and a second member which is a p... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5288544 | Non-linting, anti-static surgical fabric The present invention is directed to operating fabric articles comprising a synthetic substrate which has been treated to render it absorbent to aqueous media and an anti-statically effective amount of a conductive fiber.... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5266393 | Method of making a fiber reinforced heat recoverable object A heat recoverable, shrink-object is made from a mesh or web assembly having thermoplastic threads that extend in a first direction, and second threads that are essentially non-stretchable and run transversely to the first threads, that assembly is embedd... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5264274 | Thermoplastic composite material having improved toughness and method of producing same The composite material having improved toughness is produced by preparing a laminate from reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin; heating the laminate at a temperature higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin under pressure; quenching ... | 11/23/1993 |
