| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 428360300 | Fiber or fibers wound around each other or into a self-sustaining shape (e.g., yarn, braid, fibers shaped around a core, etc.) | 28 |
| 20080268192 | TUBULAR BODY - A tubular body comprising: a main body layer formed by winding a fiber-reinforced prepreg including reinforcing fibers impregnated with a synthetic resin; and a reinforcing layer wounded around the main body. The reinforcing layer includes: an axial fiber layer including reinforcing fibers aligned in an axial direction of the tubular body; a skew fiber layer formed by aligning a first skew fiber layer formed of reinforcing fibers aligned in a skew direction and a second skew fiber layer formed of reinforcing fibers aligned in a different skew direction; a circumferential fiber layer formed by aligning reinforcing fibers in a circumferential direction of the tubular body. The axial fiber layer, the skew fiber layer and the circumferential fiber are braided with a braiding yarn softer than the reinforcing fibers to form braided prepreg as the reinforcing layer. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080286513 | KNIT FABRICS AND SOCKS MADE THEREFROM INCORPORATING HIGH TENSILE NYLON STAPLE - Knit fabrics and socks made therefrom and a process for producing such articles are disclosed, The fabrics are constructed from blended yarns containing at least 30% by weight high tensile nylon, which imparts abrasion resistance, and at least one companion fiber, which is chosen to confer a specific desirable attribute. Exemplary is the fabric constructed from blended yarn containing high tensile nylon staple and polyester staple, the fabric being particularly useful for the manufacture of socks demonstrating improved durability and moisture management. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080292823 | A Braided-Reinforced Composite Hollow Fiber Membrane - A braid-reinforced composite hollow fiber membrane is disclosed. The braid-reinforced composite hollow fiber membrane comprising a reinforcing material of a tubular braid and a polymer resinous thin film coated on the surface of the tubular braid according to the present invention is characterized in that: the tubular braid comprises multifilaments made of monofilaments having a crimp rate of 2 to 40%, and the peeling strength of the tubular braid and a polymer resinous thin film coated on the surface thereof is 1 to 10 MPa. In the composite hollow fiber membrane, the crimp rate of the monofilaments constituting the tubular braid of the reinforcing material is 2 to 40%, thus the surface area of the tubular braid contacted with the polymer resinous thin film is increased. Thus, the peeling strength of the tubular braid and the polymer resinous thin film coated on the surface thereof is excellent. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090053442 | Hybrid Fiber Constructions To Mitigate Creep In Composites - Hybrid fiber constructions having reduced creep tendency. More particularly, twisted, low creep yarns formed by twisting together one or more high strength polyolefin fibers and one or more low creep reinforcing fibers. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090130354 | SPINNING POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) YARNS - A novel process is provided for making spin-drawn yarn from poly(trimethylene terephthalate). The yarn, when packaged on a cheese-shaped spindle, can be produced in large sizes without crushing. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090136697 | ANNULAR METAL CORD, ENDLESS METAL BELT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ANNULAR METAL CORD - An annular metal cord includes an annular core portion formed in an annular shape, and an outer layer portion spirally wound around the annular core portion while running over an annular circumference thereof plural times and covering an outer peripheral surface of the annular core portion. Each of the annular core portion and the outer layer portion are formed by a strand material which is formed by intertwisting a plurality of metal filaments. At least part of the outer layer portion is covered with an outer layer sheath made of a coating material having elasticity. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090155511 | Process for the manufacture of curved objects - The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an object, curved in one or more directions, from a package of at least one stacked ply containing polymeric fibres by the deforming thereof at elevated temperature, the process comprising imposing on the fibres a tensile stress at a temperature lying between the melting point of the fibres at the imposed tensile stress and 20° C. below the melting point, which tensile stress is high enough for the fibres to be drawn. This process allows objects, curved in one or more directions, to be produced from flat fibre plies without appreciable wrinkling using even fibre plies with low internal and/or mutual deformability and without material being drawn into the die in a controlled manner. The invention also relates to an object, curved in one or more directions, obtainable by the process according to the invention. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090202764 | RFL film or adhesive dip coating comprising carbon nanotubes and yarn comprising such a coating - The invention relates to an RFL film or adhesive dip coating comprising carbon nanotubes. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100166994 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A FILAMENT WOUND CURVED PRODUCT AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY - The invention relates to a curved product, and in particular an armor product. The armor product is produced by a filament winding process in which a plurality of reinforcing elements in the form of fibers and/or tapes are impregnated with a polymer matrix and wound onto a mandrel. The polymer matrix comprises a solution and/or dispersion of a polymer in a carrier fluid, which carrier fluid is at least partly evaporated during and/or after winding. The armor product comprises a high amount of reinforcing elements with respect to the total mass of the product. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100255235 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIBER COMPOSITE HOLLOW BODY HAVING A FIBER ORIENTATION OPTIMIZED FOR FORCE FLOW AND TENSION - A method for producing a fiber composite hollow body, particularly a hollow fiber composite component for a motor vehicle. The hollow body is produced by a) applying and fixing continuous reinforcement fibers to a form corresponding to the later shape of the hollow body, wherein the arrangement of the fiber material with regard to the fiber composite hollow body takes place so as to optimize force flow and tension along a pre-defined load path, b) impregnating the reinforcement fibers with a curable resin, c) curing the applied resin to form a fiber composite component, and d) dissolving, melting, or removing the lost form to form the fiber composite hollow body. The lost form has a complex geometry. The fibers, which may be impregnated, are placed tightly onto the surface of the lost form, completely forming the surface contour. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100260955 | TUBULAR BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of the present invention includes the steps of: winding a fiber reinforced resin member containing a fiber and a matrix resin around a mandrel to obtain an intermediate formed body; winding a wrapping tape around the intermediate formed body with an application of a tension; heating the intermediate formed body to cure the matrix resin; and pulling the mandrel out and removing the wrapping tape after the step of heating to obtain a cured tubular body. A base polymer of a base material of the wrapping tape is a polyolefin resin and/or a polyester resin. The step of heating includes: a first heating stage for heating the intermediate formed body at a temperature of 70° C. or higher and 90° C. or lower for a time of 120 minutes or longer and 4320 minutes or shorter; and a second heating stage for heating the intermediate formed body at a temperature of 120° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower for a time of 5 minutes or longer and 20 minutes or shorter after the first heating stage. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110033645 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ASYMMETRIC HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a method for the production of a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) asymmetric hollow fiber membrane. The invention comprises preparing a dope solution of PVDF-HFP with an additive of lithium chloride or glycerol dissolved in a solvent such as N-methylpyrollidone (NMP). The dope solution is spun to form a PVDF-HFP asymmetric hollow fiber membrane. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110039047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING THERMOPLASTIC-COMPOSITE TUBING - A system and method for forming thermoplastic-carbon fiber composite tubing is described. A non-continuous thermoplastic-carbon fiber composite sleeve capable of being formed into a tubular product, a method for forming a tubular product, and a tubular product fabricated from thermoplastic-carbon fiber composite is described. The sleeve may include at least one non-continuous thermoplastic fiber strand that may be interwoven with at least one carbon fiber. The method may include the steps of weaving the material into at least one sleeve to be processed, positioning a bladder within the sleeve to create a work piece, and placing the work piece in a mold. The mold may be heated and the bladder may be pressurized to form a tubular product. The resulting tubular product may be fabricated from thermoplastic carbon fiber composite with improved physical properties. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110117303 | Reinforcement Composition and Method Thereof - The present invention relates generally to a reinforcement composition and a method of reinforcing an asphalt cement concrete composition. The reinforcement composition includes a core and an outer container. The core includes a plurality of fibers, and the outer container includes a polyolefin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, and mixtures thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110159221 | INORGANIC HOLLOW YARNS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing inorganic hollow yarns, such as cermets, oxide-non oxide composites, poorly sinterable non-oxides, and the like, at low costs. The method includes preparing a composition comprising a self-propagating high temperature reactant, a polymer and a dispersant, wet-spinning the composition through a spinneret to form wet-spun yarns, washing and drying the wet-spun yarns to form polymer-self propagating high temperature reactant hollow yarns, and heat-treating the polymer-self propagating high temperature reactant hollow yarns to remove a polymeric component from the polymer-self propagating high temperature reactant hollow yarns while inducing self-propagating high temperature reaction of the self-propagating high temperature reactant to form inorganic hollow yarns. The composition comprises 45˜60 wt % of the self-propagating high temperature reactant, 6˜17 wt % of the polymer, 0.1˜4 wt % of the dispersant, and the balance of an organic solvent. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120237707 | NOVEL INTERMEDIATE MATERIALS PRODUCED BY MEANS OF INTERTWINNING BY INTERLACING VOILE YARNS - The present invention provides an intermediate material composed of an assembly of overlapping and interlaced tapes, characterized in that at least some of the tapes, preferably all of the tapes, known as veiled tapes, are composed of a series of reinforcing yarns or filaments that extend in a direction parallel to the length of the tape to form a unidirectional sheet that is associated on each of its faces with a nonwoven formed from thermoplastic fibers, said two nonwovens providing said veiled tape with cohesiveness because of their thermoplastic nature, to a production method using said material for producing composite parts, and to the composite parts obtained. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120244302 | DRY PREFORM, ANNULAR STRUCTURE MADE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE ANNULAR STRUCTURE - Provided is a first reinforcing fiber layer ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120295046 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, COMPOSITE PART AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH - A composite material comprising a plurality of fiber tape strips woven or braided together. Each of the plurality of fiber tape strips is made of a single layer of unidirectional fibers. The fibers are at least partially embedded in a thermoplastic matrix. A tubular composite part is made from this composite material and of an internal film. A method of manufacturing the composite material comprises weaving or braiding the fiber tape strips, especially in the form of a tube. A method of manufacturing a composite part comprises pressurizing the film inside the tube while heating both the tube and the film up to their forming temperature so as to bond the film to the woven fiber tape strips. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130164473 | Method and Apparatus for Forming a Fabric Preform for a Composite Material by Separately Tensioning Tows - Disclosed are methods and devices for the formation of fabric preforms that may be subsequently impregnated with a resin to form a composite component. One end of the fabric is received on the form such that the axial tows of the fabric extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a central axis of the form. At least some of the plurality of axial tows are separately tensioned on an end of the fabric not attached to the form and the fabric is wrapped around the form by rotating the fabric and form relative to one another about the central axis. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140023810 | Biodegradable And Compostable Component For Cosmetic Packaging - A biodegradable component for a package for storing and dispensing a cosmetic product or a beauty care product is made from compressed fibrous biomass bound by a cosmetically compatible and compostable binder. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140154444 | COMPOSITE SHEET AND CARGO CONTAINER COMPRISING SAME - This invention is directed to a non-rigid composite sheet comprising in order (i) a first component having an areal density of from 88 to 678 gsm comprising a first fabric of filamentary yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and a UV and weather impervious first polymeric layer. (ii) a second component having an areal density of from 30 to 237 gsm comprising a flame resistant substrate and an inorganic refractory layer and (iii) a third component having an areal density of from 88 to 678 gsm comprising a second fabric of filamentary yarns having a tenacity of at least 11 g/dtex and an impact and scratch resistant second polymeric layer, the second fabric of the third component being adjacent to the refractory layer of the second component. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140248454 | MEDICAL DRAINAGE DEVICES WITH CARBON-BASED STRUCTURES FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF FIBROBLASTS - Drainage devices for draining a fluid from a patient during treatment of a medical condition body are disclosed. The drainage devices comprise a body defining at least one conduit through the body from a distal end of the body to a proximal end of the body. The body comprises at least one carbon-based structure configured to inhibit growth of fibroblasts in the conduit when the fluid flows through the conduit. Example embodiments of the drainage device may include an ophthalmic shunt, a hydrocephalus shunt, an artificial mesh, an arteriovenous shunt, a thoracic catheter, and a central venous access device. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140342109 | ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE MULTIFILAMENT YARN - The invention relates to a multifilament yarn containing n filaments, wherein the filaments are obtained by spinning an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), said yarn having a tenacity (Ten) as expressed in cN/dtex of Ten(cN/dtex)=f×n | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150132516 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL HOUSING AND ROAD SIGN OBTAINED USING HIGH-STRENGTH FIBRE COMPOSITE - Provided are a traffic signal housing and a road sign which are higher in weather resistance and lighter in weight as compared with conventional traffic signal housings and road signs using metal plates. A traffic signal housing and a road sign each made of a high-strength fiber composite in which a surface of a prepreg in which a thermoplastic resin has been combined with a sheet-shaped high-strength fiber including carbon fiber or basalt fiber has been coated with a thermosetting resin, wherein the prepreg is one prepared b thermally pressing a laminate in Which a sheet-shaped thermoplastic resin and said sheet-shaped high-strength fiber have been laminated together in a sandwich structure, are high in weather resistance to salt damage and so on, and moreover since they are lightweight, poles with reduced strength can be used therefor. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150292116 | PROCESS FOR SPINNING UHMWPE, UHMWPE MULTIFILAMENT YARNS PRODUCED THEREOF AND THEIR USE - Gel-spinning processes for producing a high tensile strength ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multifilament yarn comprising ultra-low dtex filaments, include applying a draw ratio DR | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150354292 | UMBILICAL - An offshore hydrocarbon-production umbilical having concentrically: an outer sheath, at least two cross-wound armouring layers, and a core enclosed by the armouring layers, and comprising a plurality of elongate active umbilical components, wherein each armouring layer comprises a plurality of reinforced polymer strips. The use of reinforced polymer strips to form the armouring layers achieves a reduced weight but still flexible arrangement, which is significantly easier to manufacture as far fewer strips are required to form the armouring layers compared with the large number of steel wires of conventional armouring layers. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160096981 | Rubber Composition Adhesive to Metal Surface, Laminated Body of Rubber Composition and Metal, Vulcanized Rubber Product, and Method of Producing Vulcanized Rubber Product - The present technology provides a rubber composition comprising: from 1.0 part by mass to 15 parts by mass of water, and from 0.5 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass of water absorbing resin as a water retaining agent, or from 0.5 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of inorganic water retaining agent as a water retaining agent, per 100 parts by mass of diene polymer that can be sulfur-vulcanized. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160122915 | BRAIDED TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH SELF-SUSTAINING EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED STATES AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A protective textile sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased diameter first state and an increased length, decreased diameter second state. Heat-set, braided yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the first and second states to be bi-stable and self-sustaining. | 05-05-2016 |
