| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 156148000 | With weaving, knitting, braiding, twisting or needling | 53 |
| 20080251187 | Composite material with improved structural, acoustic and thermal properties - A method of forming a multilayer insulation material formed of an acoustical composite layer and a first thermal layer is provided. The acoustical and insulting layer is formed of a polymer based thermoplastic material and reinforcing fibers. Preferably the reinforcing fibers are wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The acoustical composite layer may be formed by opening the WUCS fibers, blending the reinforcement and polymer fibers, forming the reinforcement and polymer fibers into a sheet, and then bonding the sheet. A first thermal layer formed of one or more polymer based thermoplastic organic materials is then positioned on a first major surface of the acoustical composite layer. A second thermal layer of polymeric fibers may be optionally positioned on a second major surface of the acoustical composite layer. The multilayer acoustic material may be utilized in semi-structural and acoustical applications. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080277047 | FRP HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure which is used as a base structure material for various base structures and which offers appropriate rigidity and compression strength while reducing the weight of the entire structure. The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure HA formed by assembling together a plurality of FRP core units CU having the same cross sectional shape so that outer sides of the units are abutted against one another, and hardening the assembled FRP core units CU using a resin material, as well as a method for manufacturing an FRP honeycomb structure HA, the method comprising a core unit forming step of constructing an FRP braid layer | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090120562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW-BULK TOUGHENED FABRICS FOR LOW-PRESSURE MOLDING PROCESSES - A method and apparatus for manufacturing. A fiber layer and a porous bonding layer are formed to form a unidirectional lay-up of fibers. The lay-up of fibers is heated under pressure to form a unidirectional composite tape of desired thickness to substantially maintain the fibers in a desired configuration. The unidirectional composite tape is slit to a desired width, and the slit unidirectional composite tape is loaded into a multiaxial fabric machine. A first layer is built from the composite tape in the multiaxial machine, and a second layer is built from the composite tape on the first layer at a predetermined angle from the first layer in the multiaxial machine. The first and second layers are consolidated to form a composite fabric in a continuous process. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090133810 | Production method and filter comprising non woven fabric and/or filtering injector structures or sheets which are obtained using said method and which are intended for the filtration and elimination of legionella pneumophila in any installation at risk from legionella pneumophila proliferation - The invention relates specifically to the physical and chemical characteristics of an air and liquid filter which is intended to trap bacteria and eliminate same. The inventive fabric is manufactured from a fabric comprising non woven type fabrics and/or injected filtering structures or sheets, i.e. which have been obtained by manipulating synthetic artificial fibres using processes that lead to the formation of a lap which, following other industrial operations that are described later, is converted into the non woven fabric or, alternatively, using injection processes into the injected structures or sheets. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090151860 | FLEXIBLE POLYMER ELEMENT FOR A CURABLE COMPOSITION - A flexible polymer element for a curable composition wherein the flexible polymer element is in solid phase and adapted to undergo at least partial phase transition to fluid phase on contact with a component of the curable composition in which it is soluble at a temperature which is less than the temperature for substantial onset of gelling and/or curing of the curable composition; a method for the preparation thereof, a support structure or carrier for a curable composition comprising the at least one flexible polymer element together with reinforcing fibres, configurations of support structures and carriers, methods for preparation thereof, a curable composition comprising the at least one flexible polymer element or the support structure or carrier and a curable resin matrix, a kit of parts comprising the components thereof and a method for selection thereof, a method for preparation and curing thereof, and a cured composite or resin body obtained thereby, and known and novel uses thereof. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090151861 | FABRIC SEAMS - A method of manufacturing a fabric seam in a fabric for use as papermachine clothing, the fabric having loops at each of the fabric's transverse ends adapted for interconnection by way of a pintle to make the fabric endless, including the steps of bringing the ends into end-to-end disposition in order to interdigitate the loops, inserting a pintle in the interdigitated loops, heat setting to fix base yarns and the loops of the fabric in place, inserting at least one stuffer yarn, at least a part of which includes a low melt component, into selected void areas in the loops adjacent the pintle, adhering at least one batt layer to the seam by needling, and further heat setting to at least partially melt the stuffer yarn such that it deforms to substantially take on the shape of the void areas at the pintle joint, to bind fibers of the batt needled into the void areas and to bind adjacent yarns of the fabric. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090165930 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING TAPE USEFUL AS A TIRE CAP PLY FROM GREIGE FABRIC - An apparatus and process are used to make a ready-to-apply tape from greige fabric. This tape can be used as cap plies, breakers and reinforcement in the carcass of tires. The tape is made by dipping a greige mini-fabric which comprises a plurality of single end cords in a solvent-based cement. The cement, which comprises solvent and an elastomeric composition, is dried so that the majority of the solvent evaporates. The elastomeric composition remains, encapsulating the fabric, thereby forming the tape. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090301641 | Processes for producing perform and FRP - A preform, formed with a plurality of reinforcing fiber substrates stacked to each other and each made of at least reinforcing fiber yarns, has a resin material, whose main component is a thermoplastic resin, interlaminated between the layers of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the preform, and has through holes extending through a plurality of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the thickness direction of the preform; an FRP molded using this preform; and processes for producing these. By improving the impregnability in the thickness direction of the preform, an FRP excellent both in various mechanical properties and in matrix resin impregnation and stabler in quality can be produced with high productivity. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100139845 | Carbon nanotube heater - A method of making a linear heater includes the following steps. Firstly, a linear supporter is provided. Secondly, a carbon nanotube structure is made. Thirdly, the carbon nanotube structure is attached on a surface of the linear supporter. Finally, at least two electrodes are provided and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube structure. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100170625 | FASTENER AND A MANUFACTURE PROCESS THEREOF - The invention discloses a fastener made from a carbon/carbon composite and a manufacturing technique thereof. The fastener can be adopted in a high-temperature furnace or corrosive environment to replace a graphite fastener or a molybdenum fastener, and is made from carbon fiber via the steps of felt making, densifying, plastifying modification, machining and purifying. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100181010 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS OF FIBRE-REINFORCED PLASTIC MATERIALS - A method for the production of a textile semifinished product consisting of a fibre nonwoven fabric for use as a preform for the production of components composed of fibre-reinforced plastic, in which the fibres are converted by laying/assembling/draping into a fibre nonwoven fabric in the shape of a band corresponding to the power absorptions of the respective component to be generated, being provided with required UD fibre portions and/or thermoplastic fibres and furthermore the fibre architecture of the band is permanently fixed by pre-defined seams. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100224309 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN STRAND - A manufacturing apparatus of a fiber-reinforced resin strand including spreaders that spread a reinforcing fiber bundle and are provided inside a crosshead to which a molten resin material is supplied continuously from an extruding machine, twisting rollers provided at a downstream position from an exit nozzle of the crosshead and that pultrude a fiber-reinforced resin strand formed of a resin-impregnated fiber bundle from the exit nozzle while imparting twists thereto, and twist retaining rollers provided at a downstream position from the twisting rollers and that retain twists of the fiber-reinforced resin strand. The twisting rollers and the twist retaining rollers are made of metal with asperities being formed on the surface thereof. The manufacturing apparatus can achieve excellent durability and is capable of manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin strand at a high production rate without causing slipping. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100307664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A TEXTILE STRUCTURE RESISTANT TO PERFORATION AND PENETRATION AND TEXTILE STRUCTURE THUS OBTAINED - The present invention refers to a method for continuous production of a textile structure resistant to perforation and penetration, comprising the steps consisting in: | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110139346 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A FRICTION PART BASED ON C/C COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The carbon-carbon composite material is obtained by densification with a pyrolytic carbon matrix originating from a precursor in gaseous state at least in a main external phase of the matrix, and, at the end of the densification, final heat treatment is performed at a temperature lying in the range 1400° C. to 1800° C. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110265939 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMALLY EXPANDABLE BASE MATERIAL FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE MATERIAL FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR USING SAME - A method for producing a thermally expandable base material for a vehicle interior, the method includes needling a web to produce a fiber mat. The web includes an inorganic fiber, a thermoplastic resin fiber, and a thermally expandable microcapsule. The fiber mat is heated to a temperature at which the thermoplastic resin fiber is melt and which is lower than a thermal expansion starting temperature of the thermally expandable microcapsule. The fiber mat is hot-pressed. The fiber mat is cooled. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110290405 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE HOLLOW ARTICLES - According to a method for the production of composite hollow articles, such as in particular tubular composite hollow articles, a braided fabric, a woven fabric or a laid fabric ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120018078 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR AN ABSORBENT BODY, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AIR-PERMEABLE MEMBER - By passing air | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018079 | ROTOR BLADE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING A CONNECTING YOKE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BLADE - A rotor blade of a turbine engine comprising a body made of composite material consisting of a fibre-reinforced thermosetting resin and a connecting yoke designed to be attached to a fastener of a rotor disc of the said turbine engine, the said blade characterized in that the connecting yoke comprises a metal reinforcement and a casing made of composite material encasing the said reinforcement. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018080 | Cured In Place Pipe Liner - A liner for repairing damaged pipes, such as underground sewer or gas pipes is disclosed. The liner comprises a TPU coating on a fibrous mat of non-woven fabric. The TPU coating is a high heat resistance polyester TPU which allows an epoxy resin/amine to be saturated in the non-woven fabric and the cure initiated by the use of steam or hot water. The cured epoxy resin converts the liner from a flexible state to a rigid state as the liner is cured in place inside the pipe. The TPU containing liner may also be used with thermoset resins other than epoxy resins, such as polyester resins and vinyl ester resins. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120175043 | METHOD TO APPLY MULTIPLE COATINGS TO A FIBER WEB - A method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto a fibrous substrate. More particularly, a method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto fibrous substrates without regard to chemical or physical incompatibilities of the polymeric coating materials. A first polymeric material is applied onto at least one fibrous substrate, and a second polymeric material is applied onto a support. The fibrous substrate and support are joined, contacting the first polymeric material with the second polymeric material, followed by separating the support from the fibrous substrate, such that at least a portion of the second polymeric material remains on the first polymeric material on the fibrous substrate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120255668 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PARTS COMPRISING BRAIDED FIBERS - A method of fabricating a composite material part such as a link. The method comprises the successive operations of applying reinforcing fiber layers ( | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120267039 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A TURBINE ENGINE BLADE OUT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method of fabricating a turbine engine blade out of composite material includes three-dimensionally weaving yarns to make a preform including root and airfoil portions that are connected together by oblique side faces for forming bearing surfaces enabling the root to bear against an assembly slot in a rotor disk. The method also includes compacting the preform in a mold having a cavity with first oblique side faces corresponding to the above-mentioned side faces of the preform, and second oblique side faces bearing against the root portion of the preform and at angles of inclination opposite to those of the first oblique side faces. Further, the method includes vacuum injecting a resin into the mold and polymerizing the resin. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120318441 | METHOD FOR MAKING A CONNECTING ROD MADE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING A REINFORCED YOKE - The invention relates to a method for making a connecting rod ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130075018 | WEAVING METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF MOISTURE SENSORS FOR A DEVICE FOR MONITORING A PATIENT ACCESS - A weaving method for producing a plurality of moisture sensors for a device for monitoring an access to a patient, in particular for monitoring the vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment, wherein the moisture sensors are woven. During the weaving of the moisture sensors, non-conductive warp threads, non-conductive weft threads, conductive warp threads and conductive weft threads are disposed in the textile two-dimensionally extending structure, such that spatially demarcatable structures of electrical strip conductors are created. The strip conductor structures can be produced by spatial separation or contacting of the conductive warp or weft threads. In order to be able to produce the moisture sensors cost effectively in large numbers, a plurality of individual moisture sensors are repeatedly woven each time beside one another normal to the production direction on a common woven fabric web as the web progressively advances, so that the width of the woven fabric web is occupied in the best possible way by as many moisture sensors as possible. The individual moisture sensors are separated from one another after weaving. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130075019 | HOSE COUPLING AND HOSE - The hose includes an outer jacket which includes warp and weft fibers made of Vectran®. The process for making the hose, includes: forming an inner liner and coating the exterior thereof with adhesive; weaving, in a twill weave pattern, Vectran® yarn, in a repeating 2-4-2-4-2 pattern in both the warp and the weft directions; extruding polyurethane onto the woven vectran yarn, the polyurethane extending into pillars between the warp and weft yarn, forming an outer liner; inserting the inner liner coated with adhesive within the outer liner; and, pressurizing the inner liner with steam expanding the inner liner and the adhesive into engagement with the Vectran® yarn and polyurethane pillars of the outer liner. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130098538 | RECYCLABLE PLASTIC COMPOSITE WHEEL RIM FABRICATION METHOD - A recyclable plastic composite wheel rim fabrication method includes the steps of: (a) preparing a triaxle or biaxle composite fabric, (b) coating the composite fabric with a layer of plastic material to form a composite substrate, (c) processing the composite substrate into a composite plate member by means of roller pressing, dipping, bake-drying and cutting, (d) stamping the composite plate member into a blank wheel rim by means of a hot press, (e) cooling the blank wheel rim and trimming it to remove to remove blurs and defective selvedge, and (f) polishing the surface of the blank wheel rim to obtain a finished wheel rim. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130213560 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTS MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH A BRAIDED COVERING - The invention relates to a method of making a composite material part, the method comprising the steps of:
| 08-22-2013 |
| 20130264005 | METHOD FOR MAKING ASSEMBLED VENTILATION CLOTH OF NON-SEWING - A method for making assembled ventilation cloth of non-sewing utilizes a non-woven fabric for a vamp made by weaving a plurality of woven yarn in different directions and leaving a plurality of vacancies among the woven yarn for forming ventilation holes on the non-woven fabric. Pieces of assembled cloth are arranged on the non-woven fabric and firmly attached to the non-woven fabric via a heating roller. A piece of net cloth with larger meshes makes a bottom surface thereof covered with glue so that the net cloth is attached to a surface of the assembled cloth. Accordingly, effects of rapid production and nice ventilation are achievable. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130333828 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION DEVICE OF LONG FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC STRAND - A long fiber reinforced plastic strand production device is provided with: a rotary type haul-off machine which forms a long fiber reinforced plastic strand by drawing out a reinforcing fiber bundle which has been impregnated with a plastic from an impregnation head while rotating the reinforcing fiber bundle around the axis thereof to apply twists in the reinforcing fiber bundle, and draws in the formed long fiber reinforced plastic strand; and a rotary type winding-up machine which introduces the long fiber reinforced plastic strand drawn from the rotary type haul-off machine to a winding bobbin while rotating the long fiber reinforced plastic strand around the axis of the strand in the same direction as the rotation direction of the reinforcing fiber bundle rotated by the rotary type haul-off machine, and winds the rotated long fiber reinforced plastic strand around the winding bobbin. The rotary type winding-up machine is constituted to be capable of rotating the long fiber reinforced plastic strand at a number of rotation smaller than the number of rotation of the reinforcing fiber bundle by the rotary type haul-off machine. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140014258 | Conformable Braid - A tubular structure which includes a plurality of axial sites in circular relation to one another and a plurality of bias sites that interconnect the axial sites to form the tubular structure. The tubular structure's axial sites have a greater diameter than the structure's bias sites. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140041788 | Fluoropolymer Hollow Fiber Membrane with Fluoro-copolymer and Fluoro -terpolymer bonded end portion(s) - A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film. PTFE hollow fibers, and its respective fluoro-co and terpolymers as potting films, impart high packing densities, superb chemical resistance and temperature resistance without membrane contamination, or low fiber pull strength, as is sometimes observed with standard potting materials such as polyurethane and epoxy. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140041789 | Fluoropolymer Hollow Fiber Membrane with Fluoro-copolymer and Fluoro -terpolymer bonded end portion(s) and Method to Fabricate - A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film. PTFE hollow fibers, and its respective fluoro-co and terpolymers as potting films, impart high packing densities, superb chemical resistance and temperature resistance without membrane contamination, or low fiber pull strength, as is sometimes observed with standard potting materials such as polyurethane and epoxy. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140158285 | EXOTENSIONED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS WITH ENERGY-ABSORBING EFFECTS - Structural members having enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass include a skeleton structure formed from strips of material. Notches may be placed on the strips and a weave of tensile material placed in the notches and woven around the skeleton structure. At least one pair of structural members can be jointed together to provide very strong joints due to a weave patterns of tensile material, such as Kevlar, that distributes stress throughout the structure, preventing stress from concentrating in one area. Methods of manufacturing such structural members include molding material into skeletons of desired cross section using a matrix of molding segments. Total catastrophic failures in composite materials are substantially avoided and the strength to weight ratio of structures can be increased. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140209234 | SPOOL-LESS, CONTINUOUS BOBBIN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention is a spool-less, continuous bobbin assembly and a method of use for forming a stitch in a stitching surface. The spool-less, continuous bobbin assembly is generally comprised of a needle assembly for an upper thread, a looping assembly for the upper thread and an application assembly to deposit a lower thread material onto a stitching surface. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140261977 | METHODS OF CUTTING TUBULAR DEVICES - Vascular treatment and methods include a plurality of self-expanding bulbs and a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Joints between woven structures and hypotubes include solder. Woven structures include patterns of radiopaque filaments measureable under x-ray. Structures are heat treated to include at least shapes at different temperatures. A catheter includes a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Heat treating systems include a detachable flange. Laser cutting systems include a fluid flow system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150013883 | Thermoplastic Sandwich Structures - An apparatus and method are presented. An apparatus comprises a composite structure, a plurality of cavities extending into the composite structure, and a plurality of mandrels located within the plurality of cavities. The composite structure comprises a thermoplastic material that is consolidated. The plurality of mandrels comprises a first material that is configured to generate heat in response to a magnetic field. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150129115 | Method For Production of Structure Composite Truss Frame Products by Three-Dimensional Malleable Molds - Some embodiments relate to three-dimensional molds and methods of forming such molds. A mold can be prepared by combining three-dimensional molds together. Then, a composite material, such as carbon fiber wetted with epoxy or another reinforcement material, is inserted into column gaps and beam holes in the mold. A joint region can be formed by extending the composite material beyond corner combining elements to reach to another edge combining element, which may prevent the necessity of an additional bonding or joining part. A coating part can enclose the composite material in the mold. The mold can be placed into a vacuum bag for vacuuming processing and bonding of the gaps of the composite material (e.g., carbon fiber) with each other and gaps in the mold. A heat treatment can be performed in a furnace. The product can be extracted by melting the mold in which the product is shaped. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150144253 | FIBER-CONTAINING PREPREGS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MAKING - Methods of making a fiber-containing prepregs may include drawing unsized fibers from a batch of molten glass. The method may also include applying a sizing composition to the unsized fibers to form a plurality of sized fibers, where the sizing composition includes a first polymerization agent for polymerizing caprolactam. The method may further include weaving the plurality of sized fibers into a fabric. Another step may include melting a reactive resin composition to form a melted reactive resin composition, where the reactive resin composition may include caprolactam. The melted reactive resin composition may be applied to the fabric. The method may further include heating the fabric and the melted reactive resin composition to a polymerization temperature, where the caprolactam polymerizes to form a fiber-resin amalgam including a polyamide. Another step may be to form the fiber-resin amalgam into the fiber-containing prepreg. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150306859 | MOLYBDENUM COMPOSITE HYBRID LAMINATES AND METHODS - A method of forming a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate is disclosed. The method includes treating a surface of each of a plurality of molybdenum foil layers. The method further includes interweaving the surface treated molybdenum foil layers with a plurality of composite material layers. The method further includes bonding with an adhesive layer each of the surface treated molybdenum foil layers to adjacent composite material layers to form a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate having improved yield strength. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160075103 | MULTILAYER NONWOVEN FABRIC FOR FOAM MOLDING - Multilayer nonwoven fabrics for foam molding that have excellent resistance to the separation of layers, have reinforcing effects and urethane leakage prevention performance, and are producible without the occurrence of fiber dust on the surface. In the multilayer nonwoven fabric for foam molding, a reinforcing layer is stacked on at least one side of a dense layer, the dense layer includes a meltblown nonwoven fabric layer (A) and spunbonded nonwoven fabric layers (B) that are stacked on both sides of the layer (A), and the meltblown nonwoven fabric layer (A) and the spunbonded nonwoven fabric layers (B) are partially thermocompression bonded with each other. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160083627 | TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH ADHESIVE FIXATION LAYER AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION AND USE THEREOF - A protective textile sleeve for providing protection to an elongate member contained therein; a method of construction thereof, and a method of bonding at least a portion of the sleeve to at least one of itself and an elongate member extending through a cavity thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced yarn, with the wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface is configured to bound a cavity extending between opposite open ends. The sleeve further includes an adhesive coating bonded to at least a portion of at least one of the outermost and innermost surfaces. The adhesive coating has a first, dried non-adhesive state and a second, wetted adhesive state, wherein the second adhesive state is activated via application of a water-based liquid thereto. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160200039 | HIGH LAP SHEAR STRENGTH, LOW BACK FACE SIGNATURE UD COMPOSITE AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160200040 | RIGID STRUCTURE UHMWPE UD AND COMPOSITE AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING | 07-14-2016 |
| 156149000 | About tubular lamina | 10 |
| 20090320989 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING A LENGTHY RUBBER MATERIAL - In the case where a lengthy rubber material (R) is wound on a winding roll ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100288425 | METHOD OF MOLDING FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC HOLLOW PART - There is provided a method of molding a fiber-reinforced plastic hollow part that is capable of molding, with ease and at low costs, a fiber-reinforced plastic hollow part, which has a varying cross-section or a bent portion, in a state in which its weight is sufficiently reduced and in a state where its wall thickness is substantially uniform. A reinforcing fiber ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100314031 | Steerable Catheter Using Flat Pull Wires and Having Torque Transfer Layer Made of Braided Flat Wires - A catheter assembly includes an inner liner made of flexible material and an outer layer having a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes at least one flat wire and a corresponding lumen through which the flat wire may travel. The steering mechanism may also include at least one pull ring to which the flat wires are attached. A layer of heat shrink material may encompass the outer layer. A braided wire assembly may also be provided in the outer layer, and may be formed by braiding a plurality of flat wires into a wire mesh. The overall cross-section of the catheter assembly is preferably substantially circular. A catheter shaft may include a plurality of segments of differing hardness characteristics. The outer layer typically comprises a melt processing polymer such that the catheter assembly may be laminated using heat. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110024025 | Catheter With Knit Section - A catheter section comprising an elongate tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway defining a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The elongate tubular member includes a knit tubular member and an inner tubular liner in coaxial relationship with the knit tubular member. The catheter section is for use as a distal section in a catheter having a relatively stiff proximal section. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110041985 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBRE-REINFORCED HOSES - The object of the invention is a method for building hoses reinforced with spirally laid fibres, where the hose under construction ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120103502 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONNECTING ROD HAVING REINFORCED ENDS - In the field of aviation, a method of fabricating a composite-material rod. The method comprises a first step of fabricating a mandrel comprising a sleeve of composite material and solid inserts of composite material secured to the ends of said sleeve to constitute a rigid whole. Then, one or more layers of braided fibers are applied around the mandrel by using a fiber-braiding machine. Next, a resin is injected into the layers of braided fibers so as to establish cohesion rigidly bonding the braided fiber layers and at least the ends of the mandrel in order to form a rod body out of composite material having reinforced ends. Finally, respective holes are drilled at each end of the rod body, each hole passing through the layers of braided fibers and also through the corresponding insert. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120111482 | DEFLECTABLE CATHETER WITH BONDED CENTER STRUT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR SAME - A catheter for diagnosing or treating the vessels found within a body or body space includes a center strut that is bonded, preferably thermally, along its longitudinal axis with the thermoplastic tubular member within which it is housed. The tubular member preferably has three layers: an inner layer, a braided layer and an outer layer. The composite catheter is made using a process in which two half-cylinder shaped mandrels are placed on each side of the center strut while the strut is heated in order to cause the thermal bonding. The bonded center strut provides in-plane deflection and improved transfer of torque to the tip of the catheter. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120168061 | SLEEVE BEARING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION - A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefor includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yarn of lubricious yarn material and a second yarn of material that is different than the first yarn. The first yarn substantially provides an inner bearing surface and the second yarn substantially provides an outer surface that is bonded to the outer portion. The first and second yarns are woven together so that the first yarn is woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of the journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of the journal bearing surface to substantially provide the bearing surface and the second yarn is woven in a direction different than the first yarn to substantially provide the outer surface bonded to the outer portion. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120279635 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A PART MADE FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL, OBTAINED BY DEPOSITING LAYERS OF REINFORCING FIBERS URGED ONTO A MANDREL - The invention relates to a method of fabricating a composite material part in which one or more layers of braided, or woven, or indeed draped reinforcing fibers are applied onto a mandrel having the general shape of a body of revolution. After one or more layers have been applied onto the mandrel, an operation is performed of winding at least one tie helically around and along the assembly constituted by the mandrel and each layer of reinforcing fibers that it carries, so as to press each layer of reinforcing fibers against the mandrel. The invention relates to fabricating composite material parts such as beams, connecting rods, or arms made out of carbon fibers. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130098539 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ARM IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING A TRANSVERSAL BEARING DESIGNED TO RECEIVE A FIXED OR ROTATING SHAFT - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an arm ( | 04-25-2013 |
