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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122809 | Balloon with dividing fabric layers and method for braiding over three-dimensional forms A medical balloon with a variable diameter that is reinforced with continuous fibers woven to form a fabric with a varying number of layers and fiber densities. Portions of the balloon having a relatively smaller diameter are reinforced with a fabric having a reduce... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7213495 | Braided stent and method for its manufacture A stent and method for making the stent are provided. The stent comprises regions of differing numbers of braided filaments to provide a stent with different dimensions and/or properties in different regions along the stent length. A preferred stent comprises a firs... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7074470 | Protective sleeve for motor component A protective sleeve for a motor component includes a cylindrical-shaped braided cord of twenty-four or more strands using both a multifilament strand and a monofilament strand made of synthetic fibers having a melting point or a decomposition temperature at 280° C.... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069835 | Striped braided element A striped braided element comprising: a first set of members having a common direction of winding, the center axis of said first set of members being axially displaced relative to each other in relation to a common braiding axis; and a second set of members having a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7013787 | Braiding composition backing using wide yarn and manufacturing method thereof A pair of braiding threads 11, 12 and having braiding angle ±θ° to the axis of the mandrel are composed of wide yarns WY having a band shape with a wide width, and the wide yarns are braided around the mandrel without any gap in the width direction to form... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6945153 | Rope for heavy lifting applications A large diameter rope having improved fatigue life on a sheave, pulley, or drum is disclosed. This rope includes a blend of HMPE filaments and liquid crystal polymer filaments selected from the group of lyotropic polymer filaments and thermotropic polymer filaments.... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6679152 | Forming ring with adjustable diameter for braid production and method of braid production A braiding apparatus and method of forming braided product. The braiding apparatus may have one or more former rings having an adjustable inner diameters. The former rings may have a plurality of elements at least radially movable so that the inner diamet... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6647852 | Continuous intersecting braided composite structure and method of making same A continuous intersecting braided composite preform including a first member with at least one ply of biased fibers and a second member also with at least one ply of biased fibers. The first member intersects with the second member and passes continuously... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622604 | Process for manufacturing a braided bifurcated stent A process for manufacturing a braided birfurcated stent involves the use of two or more braiding machines. In this process, a first discrete plurality of filaments are braided to form a first leg, and a second discrete plurality of filaments are braided t... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6598510 | Polygonal braid and braiding machine The present invention relates to a braider comprising a guiding plate, of which a plurality of the paths are intersected with one another; and a corresponding conveying gear. With combination of the guiding plate and the conveying gear, it is possible to ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6389946 | Method for manufacturing braided multifilament structures for an endoprosthesis for ramification of an anatomical conduit A method for manufacture of braided multifilament structures for an endoprosthesis for ramification of an anatomical conduit. The method includes the operation of braiding filaments, made of a matter chosen from among the biocompatible elastic, superelast... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6314856 | Manufacture of variable stiffness microtubing A process for manufacturing novel composite microtubing with variable stiffness over the length of the tubing. By varying the pick count of a braided layer the stiffness of the microtubing may be varied by a factor of 100 from proximal end to distal end. ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6128998 | Continuous intersecting braided composite structure and method of making same A continuous intersecting braided composite preform including a first member with at least one ply of biased fibers and a second member also with at least one ply of biased fiber. The first member intersects with the second member and passes continuously ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6106913 | Fibrous structures containing nanofibrils and other textile fibers Nanofibers are produced having a diameter ranging from about 4 Å to 1 nm, and a nano denier of about 10-9. The use of the electro-spinning process permits production of the desired nanofibrils. These fibrils in combination with a carrier or st... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5934168 | Rope for the taking along and transferring of paper webs in the manufacture of paper and cardboard on paper machines The invention relates to a rope for the taking along and transferring of paper webs in the manufacture on paper machines of paper and cardboard made from round-braided textile fiber material. In accordance with the invention, raised positions are distribu... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5860350 | Flat braid with web core A member for use in net construction comprises a sheathing with an internal core, the internal core has a very low stretch capacity and the outer sheathing has a much larger stretch capacity but allows intersplicing of crossing members within the lattice ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5800543 | Artificial ligament A method of manufacturing an artificial ligament device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, comprises securing a plurality of tows of biocompatible material side-by-side in a f... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5794504 | Lubricated braided packing and method of making same A braided packing has a number of longitudinal strands around which a braid strand is wound in a lattice pattern to form a substantially square braid. The longitudinal strands include at least two lubricant sink strands, the lubricant sink strands having ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5673546 | Non-slip shoelaces A slip resistant shoe lace is produced by weaving or braiding a plurality of standard yarns with special yarns. The special yarns have a special effect in the form of slubs or eccentricities at regular intervals or throughout the length of the yarn and wh... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5398586 | Braided structure forming method A braided structure forming method suitable for forming a braided structure of a complicated structure capable of serving as the core of FRP and FRTP, in which a speed of pulling up or down a braided structure is varied in process with time to vary the st... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5287790 | Method and apparatus for braiding in two braiding regions A braiding apparatus and method for moving bobbin carriers along tracks connecting a plurality of braiding regions to braid cords or strands in a specific braiding region, in another braiding region or in all the braiding regions. The braid may be used as... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5242743 | Fiber reinforced rubber A rubber having fiber reinforcement embedded thereon. The reinforcement comprises a cylindrically braided cords of more than four and even numbered twisted yarns. Yarns are right twist oriented and left twist oriented and they are twisted in the reverse d... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5067384 | Braider method and apparatus for manufactured faired rope or cable Method and apparatus for manufacturing a braided jacket with fairing members on a cable core using a standard dual sinusoidal path braiding apparatus comprising apparatus to perform the following steps: a) picking up a thread bundle from the selected bobbin-th... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5060549 | Safety rope for climbing and manufacturing method therefor A climbing rope composed of a core of strands surrounded by a braided tubular sheath, whereby the tightness of the sheath determines the stiffness of flexibility of the rope. Most of the rope is flexible because its sheath is loose, while, near its end in... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5037404 | Catheter having sections of variable torsion characteristics A flexible catheter comprises at least one resilient, flexible, tubular layer in telescoping relation with, and bonded to, a tubular wire sheath. A first catheter section includes the wire strands at a first angle to each other. A second catheter section ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5016516 | Fiber reinforced resin preform Preforms and composite articles from carbon fiber reinforced matrix resins braided to shape on a mandrel and then converting to a final composite article by fully or partially curing in a mold followed by post curing if required.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4984502 | Apparatus and method for braiding fiber strands and stuffer fiber strands The apparatus includes a plurality of fiber strand carrier members that are movable on a carrier surface defined by multiple, movable, side-by-side support members and a plurality of fiber guides affixed on the support members for dispensing axial stuffer... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4983240 | Method of making a flanged braided bearing A flanged bearing includes a layer of woven braid which is continuous throughout a sleeve and a flange portions thereof, with at least one braid strand substantially parallel to a bearing axis. The sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and the flange portion... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4949620 | Edge-reinforced packing for use in steam service Edge-reinforced packing is provided for steam service, with wire-reinforced secondary yarns on carriers driven along one or more diagonal tracks of a braiding machine to provide edge-reinforcing which reduces valve stem abrasion while providing sufficient... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4936186 | Method of and apparatus for weaving a three-dimensional article A method of weaving a three-dimensional article by which, an area arranging carrier members (1) in the form of a matrix is segmented into a plurality of rectangular blocks (G1 to G6) to choose prescribed blocks therefrom, and then a basic weaving operatio... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4922798 | Apparatus and method for braiding fiber strands The apparatus includes a plurality of movable support members that are arranged side-by-side and collectively form a quadratic carrier surface, such as a cylindrical carrier surface. A plurality of fiber strand carrier members are movable on the carrier s... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4802398 | Diagonally reinforced mechanical packing A braided mechanical compression packing including relatively low and high-strength yarns is provided with greater mechanical strength along a given diagonal direction to provide a reinforced corner by providing the higher strength yarn along only one dia... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800796 | Method of manufacturing structural members by braiding threads, and structural members obtained thereby A method of manufacturing an elongated braided structural member having high mechanical strength, including the steps of providing at least three primary elongated cores, parallel and spaced from one another, and helically winding a plurality of threads a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799417 | Braided line Braided line is manufactured by drawing off filaments (3) from a carousel of bobbins (1) which are caused to follow interweaving paths about a common axis. The line can be tapered by cutting selected filaments at intervals and continuing the braiding with... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4735035 | Lead rope A lead line for a large animal comprises a length of rope made up of a tubular sheath of a woven fabric with an inner core of a soft fibrous material. At the outer end of the rope the soft inner core has been removed and replaced by a rigid rod so that th... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4729277 | Shaped mechanical compression packing A non-symmetrical construction of braided mechanical compression packing which does not undergo undesired deformation when placed in use. This non-symmetry of construction results in longer packing life and reduced shaft wear when used to prevent leakage ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4719837 | Complex shaped braided structures A complex braided composite structure is formed of axial and braiding yarns using an interlacing pattern which allows all braiding yarn reversals to occur outside a multi-layer array of axial yarns concurrently at one location in the pattern thus allowing... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4690849 | Contact material for treating sewage of braided pile material Disclosed herein is a contact material for treating sewage, comprising a braid which is made of synthetic fibers and has loop piles, the weight of the synthetic fibers forming the loop piles being from 40 to 90% by weight of the synthetic fibers of the wh... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4672879 | Shaped mechanical compression packing A non-symmetrical construction of braided mechanical compression packing which includes warp yarns removed from the inner corners to prevent "popping" of these yarns during manufacture or when the packing is wrapped about a shaft. Additionally, a number o... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4665604 | Non-fused torque control catheter Disclosed is a non-fused torque control catheter and a method for manufacturing such a catheter. This non-fused catheter has a stiff braid-reinforced body and a pliable non-braided tip.... | 05/19/1987 |
