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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166741 | Resilient composite tire cord Elastic metal/textile composite cord (C-1) having two layers (Ci, Ce) of 1+N construction, formed from a core or inner layer (Ci) comprising a textile core thread (10) of diameter d1 and a metal outer layer (Ce) of N wires (12) of dia... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7365031 | Conductive pressure sensitive textile A fabric including within its construction a first elongated electrical conductor crossed by a second elongated electrical conductor, the conductors being normally biased apart at a crossover point of said fibres with an air gap between them, whereby application of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7185482 | Drive-capable support or traction means and method for production thereof A drive-capable support or traction member and a method for the production thereof. The support or traction member has at least one layer of strands of synthetic fiber material and an outer casing encasing the strands. A lubricant is selectively incorporated in the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176387 | Electromagnetic shielding device An electromagnetic shielding device has a bottom layer, a shielding layer and a top layer. The shielding layer is mounted between the bottom layer and the top layer and is made of metal filaments and textile fibers. The metal filaments and the textile fibers of the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7127175 | Method and apparatus for multiplexing in a wireless communication infrastructure A network is provided that includes a plurality of antennas coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The network can be optical or constructed with RF microwave links. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7069714 | Metal covered composite yarn, particularly for ornamental purposes A metal covered composite yarn, particularly designed for ornamental purposes, comprises a textile non-metal core formed by a plurality of substantially parallel ultra-thin filaments, a metal cover formed by a relatively thin metal foil ribbon which is spirally woun... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6973769 | Method for creating markings on a planar textile body A method for creating markings on a planar textile body and a thread-like body for carrying out the method. According to the invention, the markings on a planar textile body can survive all following process steps and permits a clear marking of position on the texti... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964625 | Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6418704 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope (10) includes a plurality of strands (12). The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments (14). The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit (16) also extends along said central axis. The conduit has walls that are foramino... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6381940 | Multi-component yarn and method of making the same A cut-resistant combined yarn is described that includes a wire component. Kinking and knotting of the wire component resulting from stretching of the wire component during knitting is avoided by encasing the wire component within a cut resistant combined... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6363704 | Wire cable for window regulators of automobiles A wire cable for window regulators of automobiles is disclosed. In the wire cable, the core strand has a double-layer twisted strand structure with an F+6+12 element wire structure, and consists of a high-strength synthetic resin filament used as a core e... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363703 | Wire wrapped composite yarn A composite cut-resistant yarn having a fiberglass and wire component a fiberglass core strand having a denier of between about 100 and about 1200 at least a first wire strand wrapped the fiberglass core strand in a first wire strand direction and at leas... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360522 | Rope for conveying systems A filler element is located between each adjacent pair of outer strands of a wire rope and interlocks with the adjacent strands. The filler elements provide the rope with substantially smooth outer surface reducing vibration of the rope passing over a pul... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6334293 | Steel cord with polymer core The invention relates to a composite cord (10) for reinforcement of elastomers comprising a core (12) of a high polymer material, a first layer of steel filaments (14) twisted around said core and a second layer of steel filaments (16) twisted around said... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6327841 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope 10 includes a plurality of strands 12. The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments 14. The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit 16 also extends along said central axis. The conduit 16 has walls that are permeable to ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6308508 | Steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same A steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same are disclosed. The steel cord is made of more than three steel filaments of which one or two filaments are regularly twisted, the other filaments are open-twisted and eac... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6209298 | Process for the manufacture of a dipped tire cord fabric made of organic fiber cords including cord joint portions In a process for the manufacture of dipped tire cord fabrics made of organic fiber cords, two organic fiber cords before treatment, each formed by subjecting two or more bundles of organic multifilaments to cable twisting and ply twisting, are connected t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5881547 | Conducting yarn The present invention relates to conducting yarn. The conducting yarn of the invention mainly consists of a strand of nonconductive yarn crossedly wrapped with two stainless steel threads. The yarn made in this way has better softness, high impact strengt... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5797254 | High strength core for wire ropes An extruded polymeric rod is elongated in the solid state by being drawn through a forming device to produce a solid polymeric core having an orientated structure which comprises elongated crystals orientated in the axial direction of the core. The core m... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5721179 | Cut resistant fabric, apparel, and yarn A cut resistant fabric is made from woven or knitted yarn; the yarn includes a cut resistant fiber having a tenacity of less than about 10 grams/denier. A cut resistant fabric is made from woven or knitted yarn. The yarn includes a polyethylene fiber havi... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5699680 | Wires incorporating a helical component, assemblies thereof, and use of said assemblies as catalyzer and/or to recover precious metals A wire comprising at least one helically wound wire element is disclosed. The helical winding consists of a platinoid or platinoid alloy wire (20). Also disclosed are assemblies of these wires (20) such as knitted materials, fabrics and felts, and the use... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5651245 | Lifting cable having metallic central core and hybrid outer strands The cable includes a substantially metallic central core (3) and outer strands (2) formed from at least one layer of metal wires (21), particularly steel wires, which are stranded over a core element (22) made from synthetic material, preferably a thermop... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5632137 | Composite yarns for protective garments Composite yarns having a total diameter of less than about 0.017 inch are formed with one or more core strands, each having a denier in the range of 100-300, preferably 150-300; a first covering strand of stainless steel wire having a diameter of from 0.0... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5436076 | Composite cord for reinforcing rubber The present invention relates to a composite cord for reinforcing rubber comprising an organic chemical fiber cord and a high-carbon steel fine wire used by being buried in the rubber, for reinforcing rubber products such as various kinds of tires and con... | 07/25/1995 |
| 4980517 | Multi-strand electrical cable A multi-strand electrical cable having electrically conductive strands of different cross-sections, i.e. cross-sectional areas, arranged in ascending order of strand cross-section from the center toward the outer circumference of the cable and sized in ac... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4975543 | Energy-absorbing towline with embedded electrical conductors and drogue deployment system including same An energy-absorbing towline (14) comprises an elastomeric core (16) having a set of internal polymeric strands (18) helically wound around the outer surface (20) of the core in a first direction and a set of external polymeric strands (22) helically wound... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4887422 | Rope with fiber core and method of forming same This invention provides a composite wire rope comprising a plurality of outer strands laid helically about a helically stranded core. The core is comprised of high strength synthetics, such as polyamide or polyolefin materials to form a unitized lay centr... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4878343 | Reinforcing rope made of at least two different materials A composite reinforcing rope is made of a cylindrical core of twisted filaments of aromatic polyamides around which a plurality of steel wires of a rectangular configuration are coiled. The steel wires are wound side-by-side in one layer. Each wire is twi... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4807680 | Pneumatic tire including reinforcing rope made of at least two different materials A pneumatic tire includes a composite rope made of a cylindrical core of twisted filaments of aromatic polyamides around which a plurality of steel wires of a rectangular configuration are coiled. The steel wires are wound side-by-side in one layer. Each ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4782196 | Composite strand for transmitting electric or optical signals A support strand is formed of a non-extensible thread wound around an elastic thread in order to restrain the extension of the non-extensible thread within such a limit that the coil of the wound, non-extensible thread can follow movement of the elastic t... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4439256 | Method of producing flat stranded magnetic conductor cable A cable comprised of coated conductors, wound together and compacted, has an insulating strip interposed between the two layers in which the conductors are disposed, to ensure good insulation therebetween. Apparatus for producing the cable includes a stra... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4376458 | Bead rings of pneumatic tires The properties of a composite bead ring for tires are improved by interposing an annular trifurcated element tangentially of the three unitary bead ring components.... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4333306 | Steel cord A steel cord composed of a plurality of material wires intertwisted, having loosely intertwisted portions and tightly intertwisted portions alternately at regular intervals so as to facilitate penetration of a rubber compound into the central part thereof... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4317000 | Contrahelically laid torque balanced benthic cable A torque balanced cable for towing or suspending oceanographic instrumenton includes a data transmission core about which is wound a helically laid inner layer of load bearing strands formed of high tensile strength, low stretch aramid fiber and having a... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4315099 | Flexible transmission line for a fluid and for electric signals Flexible transmission line, wherein it comprises a fluid circulation duct and reinforcements inside and outside the said duct against compressive forces inside and outside the duct, the internal reinforcement comprising at least one cable within said duct... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4226078 | Wire rope A wire rope is formed by twisting two different metal wires which vary from each other by at least 5% in their acoustic wave propagation velocities. In the longitudinal direction, the two different metal wires are combined in two embodiments: first wires ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4219995 | Wire rope A wire rope is formed by twisting two different metal wires which vary from each other by at least 50% in their loss factors. The two different metal wires are combined in two embodiments: first, wires of steel material and wires of titanium containing ma... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4131759 | Slip sleeve mechanism for a strength tapered caged armored electromechanical cable A multiple caged armored electromechanical cable is provided which is characterized in being torque balanced and strength tapered throughout its entire length. The selective strength tapering of the cable permits the orientation of the cable such that the... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4106276 | Non-rotating rope A non-rotating rope, comprising 3 or 4 strands of of clam-shaped cross section so arranged around a flexible core equidistantly from the rope center that the principal axes of the clams are on the equiangularly spaced radial lines radiating from the rope ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 3977174 | Cable for reinforcing objects formed of elastic or easily deformable materials A cable for reinforcing objects formed of elastic or easily deformable material, such as automobile tires and conveyor belts, has as conventional components a core and at least one peripheral layer surrounding the core, each component being formed of elem... | 08/31/1976 |
