Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140283671 | THREE DIMENSIONAL BRAID - A three dimensional braid includes a plurality of first plaits adjacent one another oriented in a first direction and a plurality of second plaits adjacent one another oriented in a transverse second direction intertwined forming a braid with each first plait intersecting each of the plurality of second plaits in succession. Each first plait includes a first group of tows and a second group of tows, each of the tows in the first group of tows corresponding to one of the tows in the second group of tows in pairs of first plait tows. Each second plait includes a plurality of tows. For each first plait, one of the first plait pairs crosses over a subset of second plait tows at each intersection of the first plait and successive second plaits forming a series of braid points along the first plait. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298768 | RAPIDLY CONFIGURABLE BRAIDING MACHINE - A braiding system having a plurality of mobile carrier devices movable under its own power, each mobile carrier including a plurality of wheels, a motor driving the wheels, a power source, a controller, and a pick-up unit having a receiver. Each of the plurality of mobile carriers has a tow carrier positioned in the receiver, and each mobile carrier is simultaneously movable along a virtual track-less path predetermined for each individual carrier, such that the simultaneous movement of the mobile carrier devices along their predetermined paths form a braid. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING A BRAID TO AN IRREGULAR CORE - Various methods ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140370206 | INFLATABLE COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND METHOD - An inflatable structural component having a longitudinal first braided material layer and a longitudinal second braided material layer each forming a panel having a width-wise dimension transverse to a length-wise direction of the component bounded by first and second longitudinal edges along the length-wise direction of the component, the first and second braided material layers enveloping at least a portion of an inflatable longitudinal bladder, the first and second braided material layers arranged such that the first longitudinal edges of the first and second braided material layers are approximately aligned and connected together along a first side of the bladder and the second longitudinal edges of the first and second braided material layers are approximately aligned and connected together along a second side of the bladder. | 12-18-2014 |
20160055936 | BRAIDED STRUCTURE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TOWS - Electrically conductive braided structures having resistivity are disclosed. In an embodiment a structure comprises a plurality of nonconductive bias tows formed of fibers of a nonconductive material and at least one conductive tow formed of fibers including at least one conductive material. The plurality of nonconductive bias tows and the at least one conductive tow are arranged to form a braided structure. | 02-25-2016 |
20160076178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF BRAIDED PREFORMS - A braiding apparatus may comprise a braiding machine, a lower guide mechanism, and an upper guide mechanism. The lower guide mechanism may comprise a multiple-axis robot or a multiple axis-mechanism. The upper guide mechanism may comprise a multiple-axis robot or a multiple axis-mechanism. | 03-17-2016 |
20160083879 | RAPIDLY CONFIGURABLE BRAIDING MACHINE - A braiding system having a plurality of mobile carrier devices movable under its own power, each mobile carrier including a plurality of wheels, a motor driving the wheels, a power source, a controller, and a pick-up unit having a receiver. Each of the plurality of mobile carriers has a tow carrier positioned in the receiver, and each mobile carrier is simultaneously movable along a virtual track-less path predetermined for each individual carrier, such that the simultaneous movement of the mobile carrier devices along their predetermined paths form a braid. | 03-24-2016 |
20160090672 | IN-SITU CONFORMABLE TRIAXIAL BRAIDED STRUCTURE - Triaxial braided structures are prepared according to one or more conformance orientations that facilitate conformability to a variety of shapes during deployment. | 03-31-2016 |