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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028509 | Polyethylene naphthalate fiber and method for producing the same The polyethylene naphthalate fiber for industrial material having a low fatigue in a composite is a polyethylene naphthalate fiber for industrial material containing an ethylene-2,6-naphthalate unit in 80% or more, characterize by having a strength of 6 cN/dtex or m... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7654071 | Composite fibers A composite fiber is described which comprises a polyester component and a polyamide component bound in a side-by-side or eccentric core-in-sheath structure, exhibiting a percentage of crimp DC of 1.3-15.0% after the composite fiber is treated in boiling water for 3... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7584596 | Method of manufacturing line of autohesion thread A method of manufacturing autohesion thread such that a smooth surface is offered, the cutting thereof is easy, filaments composing thread are not frayed in cutting, drainability is superior, and plural kinds of filaments can be combined. A method of manufacturing a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7549281 | Fiber yarn and cloth using the same In view of the demand to replace wood pulp to preserve forests which is brought about by the recent trend to preserve natural resources from the terrestrial warming or the environmental pollution, this disclosure provides a yarn using cellulose-based filament yarn m... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7299843 | Pneumatic tire crown reinforcement A tire comprising a crown extended by two respective sidewalls and two respective beads, a carcass structure anchored in each side of the tire in said beads, said crown comprising at least one reinforcing ply having parallel reinforcements oriented at an angle α re... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291391 | Electrically conductive yarn An electrically conductive yarn comprises stainless steel fibers with a specific stainless steel electrical resistance. The stainless steel fibers are coated with a metal coating, consisting of a metal material having a specific electrical resistance, smaller than t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263820 | High-DPF yarns with improved fatigue A product includes a dimensionally stable polymeric multifilament yarn having a decitex per fiber count DPF of at least 7.5 and a fatigue strength retention FR, wherein preferred yarns are spun and drawn such that FR increases when DPF increases. Particularly prefer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7217876 | Strings for musical instruments Novel musical instrument strings and methods for making the same. Polymer cover combined with a low temperature resin is provided to the strings. Also disclosed are novel plastic materials comprising a film of porous fluoropolymer having UV-cured resin applied to at... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188653 | Steel cord and method for producing a steel cord A first aspect of the present invention relates to a filament (11; 12), especially for reinforcing rubber articles. Said filament (11; 12) features a contact surface (14) and an outer surface (13). In a second aspect, the invention relate... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168232 | Fiber reinforcement material, products made thereform, and method for making the same The present invention provides a synthetic fiber and methods for its use and formation. The present invention may comprise a fiber component that is a twisted bundle comprised of multiple strands of a nonfibrillating monofilament, the degree of twist being greater t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166174 | Bundle drawn stainless steel fibers The invention relates to stainless steel fibers obtained by bundled drawing of stainless steel wires embedded in a matrix material. The composition of the stainless steel fibers comprises iron and the following components expressed in percent by weight: C £ 0.05%, ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7119036 | Protective apparel fabric and garment A fabric for flame resistance apparel with a limiting oxygen index greater than 21 employs a yarn of a co-mingled bundle of two different filaments of different shrinkage characteristics with the yarn having a random entangled loop structure. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087300 | Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns and fabrics incorporating metallic or other high strength filaments Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns, fabrics, and other fibrous blends incorporate one or more fire retardant and heat resistant strands comprising oxidized polyacrylonitrile and one or more strengthening filaments such as metallic filaments (e.g., stainless ste... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078096 | Method for producing polyester extra fine multi-filament yarn and polyester extra fine false twist textured yarn, polyester extra fine multi-filament yarn, and polyester extra-fine false twist textured yarn There are provided a process for producing a polyester fine multifilament yarn having a single filament fineness of 0.9 dtex or below, a total number of single filaments of 100 to 400 and a birefringence of 0.03 to 0.06 comprising passing polymer streams of a polyes... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6991850 | Load leveling yarns and webbings An improved load leveling yarn has a force-displacement profile that maintains desirable properties of previously known yarns (as exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 5,830,811), but exhibits a lower elongation at a stress that is greater than the IBS but less than or equal... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6958187 | High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications, for example, chopped fibers, ropes, nets, ballistic materials or items, protective gloves, fiber reinforced concrete products, helmets, and other products obtained therefrom, in which the fiber is characteriz... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945026 | Fibre yarn and rope production An unspun yarn including a longitudinal main rope body formed from a least one fibre assembly of substantially untwisted and parallel fibres, and a least one reinforcing thread helically wound around the rope body and extending therealong in a single longitudinal di... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6902932 | Helically organized silk fibroin fiber bundles for matrices in tissue engineering The present invention provides a novel silk-fiber-based matrix having a wire-rope geometry for use in producing a ligament or tendon, particularly an anterior cruciate ligament, ex vivo for implantation into a recipient in need thereof. The invention further provide... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6829881 | Cut-resistant articles of aramid microfilaments The invention pertains to cut-resistant articles, in particular to gloves. The articles comprise microfilaments of aromatic polyamides, more preferably p-aramid, wherein the titer of the microfilaments is equal to or smaller than 1.3 dtex (1.3×10−4 g/m... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6800367 | Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns and fabrics incorporating metallic or other high strength filaments Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns, fabrics, and other fibrous blends incorporate one or more fire retardant and heat resistant strands comprising oxidized polyacrylonitrile and one or more strengthening filaments such as metallic filaments (e.g., stainless ste... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6756329 | Synthetic fiber capable of absorbing and disabsorbing moisture, entangled yarn blend using the same, knitted and woven goods using the same, and nonwoven fabric using the same A synthetic fiber capable of absorbing and disabsorbing moisture comprising a component capable of absorbing and disabsorbing moisture and a fiber-forming polymer. The fiber of the present invention has a moisture absorption of 1.5% or more when it is allowed to rea... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6755226 | Composite cord and pneumatic tire using the composite cord A composite cord is provided which is simple in manufacture, highly productive, less costly, and improved in rubber penetration. The composite cord has a 1×n construction (n is an integer from 3 to 12) with 2 to 11 metallic filaments and 1 to 5 polymer fibers havin... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750162 | Treated fabric for luggage An abrasion resistant and water resistant fabric is disclosed. The fabric is particularly well suited for use in constructing luggage. The fabric, however, is also well suited for many other applications, such as use in constructing sportswear, outdoor apparel, mili... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6689461 | False twisted yarn of polyester composite fiber and method for production thereof The invention provides false twisted yarn of a polyester composite fiber characterized in that the fiber is composed of single-filaments which are laminated with two types of polyester components in a side-by-side or eccentrical core/sheath fashion, at le... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6627311 | Polyester tape yarn The present invention is polyester tape yarn excellent in mechanical strength and dye affinity, and, therefore, suitable as fancy work yarn formed through uniaxial orientation of polyester having the ultimate viscosity of 0.7 or more, and has the tensile ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6615572 | Fabrics and dust proof clothes excellent in conductivity and antistatic property There are provided fabrics excellent in electrical conductane and antistatic property as well as dust proof clothes using the same. Conductive yarn comprising synthetic filament yarn as the core covered with conductive bicomponent fibers is used as conduc... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6592716 | Security fibers and process for the preparation thereof Security fibers having enhanced antifalsification features are prepared by a process which comprises the steps of: i) braiding 5 to 30 denier fibers to form a twine; ii) dyeing the twine with a dye or pigment; iii) drying the dyed twine; and then iv) cutt... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6572967 | Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) multifilament yarn The present invention provides a yarn suitable for stretch clothing, which yarn is a polytrimethylene terephthalte multifilamentary yarn having an intrinsic viscosity in a range from 0.7 to 1.1 dl/g, a single-filament size in a range from 3.3 to 8.9 dtex,... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6550507 | Thermotropic aromatic polyester(amide) monofilament An as-spun monofilament of thermotropic aromatic polyester(amide), which satisfies the following conditions: Dࣙ40; Te>45; ƊLࣙ0, D being its diameter (in μm), Te its tenacity (in cN/tex) and ƊL its variation in length (in %) after 2 minutes at ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539698 | Wrapped cord The present invention relates to a wrapped cord comprising a bundle of inorganic filaments, to a method of making said wrapped cord, to a method of treating said wrapped cord with an adhesive treatment composition, to the treated wrapped cord obtainable b... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6460588 | Pen reinforcement for rubber composites A method for constructing an elastomeric composite ply comprises using parallel S and Z twisted cords to reinforce an elastomeric matrix. The S and Z cords are made inexpensively by using a yarn twist that is less than the cord twist. Composite plies made... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6458725 | Airbag base fabric An airbag base fabric is formed of thermoplastic synthetic filament yarns, wherein the yarn strength of the filament yarn is 7.0 g/denier or more and the fineness of the filament yarn is 200-250 denier. The fabric is thin and lightweight, which is thus ex... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6432850 | Fabrics and rust proof clothes excellent in conductivity and antistatic property There are provided fabrics excellent in electrical conductane and antistatic property as well as dust proof clothes using the same. Conductive yarn comprising synthetic filament yarn as the core covered with conductive bicomponent fibers is used as conduc... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6425237 | Sewing yarn and process for the manufacture of a sewing yarn A sewing yarn is described, with at least two roving. yarns, which are twisted together with one another for the formation of the sewing yarn, whereby each roving yarn has the structure of a core yarn, comprising at least one first multifilament yarn comp... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408607 | Method of false twist texturing a synthetic yarn to a crimped yarn A method for false twist texturing a synthetic yarn, as well as the thus-produced crimped yarn, wherein a false twist is produced on the yarn at a speed of a false twist unit, which exceeds 2.2 times of the yarn speed and is above a saturation limit for a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6351933 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire for heavy duty use comprises at least one radial carcass ply, a tread portion disposed radially outwardly of the crown region of the carcass plies and a crown reinforcing structure interposed between the tread portion and the crown region... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6341483 | Multi-component yarn and making the same A non-metallic cut resistant combined yarn that can be combined with other yarns to form a composite yarn. The combined yarn includes at least one non-metallic strand of an inherently cut-resistant material and at least one non-metallic strand of a non-cu... | 01/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6312806 | Load leveling yarns and webbings The present invention provides load leveling and impact energy absorption webbing comprising warp yarn. If the webbing is used in seat belts, the webbing provides load leveling behavior from about 450 pounds (about 2,000 Newtons) to about 1,800 pounds (ab... | 11/06/2001 |
