Patents by Inventor Michael KIEREN

Michael KIEREN 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).

  • Patent number: 9677209
    Abstract: A knitted fabric, a method of producing the knitted fabric and a warp knitting machine. The knitted fabric includes a first covering layer; a second covering layer; and an arrangement of pile threads formed as spacer threads between the first covering layer and the second covering layer. Each covering layer includes multiple stitch rows arranged one after another. The spacer threads have different lengths, and the spacer threads woven into each stitch row have equal lengths. The spacer threads in a first width region have a different length than the spacer threads in a second width region. For at least two adjacent stitch rows, one stitch row is connected to spacer threads of a first length in the first width region and one stitch row is connected to spacer threads of a second length in the second width region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GmbH
    Inventors: Vera Daube, Rainer Kemper, Michael Kieren, Oliver Mathews
  • Publication number: 20160289872
    Abstract: Knitted fabric and method of forming knitted fabric. Knitted fabric includes warp threads that run in a longitudinal direction and that are connected to one another by a stitch formation, and at least three sections arranged consecutively in the longitudinal direction. The at least three sections may include at least one section formed as a spacer fabric, one section formed as a single-ply fabric and one section formed as a tubular fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GmbH
    Inventors: Michael KIEREN, Gabriela SCHELLNER, Hirokazu TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150376823
    Abstract: A knitted fabric, a method of producing the knitted fabric and a warp knitting machine. The knitted fabric includes a first covering layer; a second covering layer; and an arrangement of pile threads formed as spacer threads between the first covering layer and the second covering layer. Each covering layer includes multiple stitch rows arranged one after another. The spacer threads have different lengths, and the spacer threads woven into each stitch row have equal lengths. The spacer threads in a first width region have a different length than the spacer threads in a second width region. For at least two adjacent stitch rows, one stitch row is connected to spacer threads of a first length in the first width region and one stitch row is connected to spacer threads of a second length in the second width region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
    Inventors: Vera DAUBE, Rainer KEMPER, Michael KIEREN, Oliver MATHEWS