Patents by Inventor Kevin Lyle Allred

Kevin Lyle Allred has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for interlacing filaments and methods of making the apparatus
    Patent number: 6052878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid jet interlace apparatus and related methods for interlacing filaments into a yarn with the filaments intermingled with adjacent ones of the filaments and groups of the filaments to maintain unity of the yarn by frictional constraint between the filaments at periodic nodes along the yarn. The invention also relates to methods of making fluid jet interlace apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kevin Lyle Allred, Matthew Dewey Hubert, Maria Roxana Maksymowych, Maurice Cornelius Todd, Peter Veenema, Darwin Rex Wall