Patents Assigned to Highland Industries, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10689799
    Abstract: A rubber molded product such as a brake cylinder diaphragm with a balanced elongation substrate reinforcement in both the warp and fill directions incorporated therein is provided. The fabric substrate reinforcement is woven without size and overfed after the weaving process leading to balanced crimp and elongation in the length and width directions. The fabric member is also woven with a reduced number of weft threads to start, but which are added back by overfeeding to further render the fabric elongation more isotropic in at least the warp and fill directions. The reinforcement substrate is placed in the mold along with the molding material and formed into the desired shape to assist in shape retention and overall structural stability. A method of forming a molded product including a balanced crimp reinforcement substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rollings Newsome, Nicholas Adam Cone
  • Patent number: 10487914
    Abstract: A two-faced, modified interlock knit fabric for use in the manufacture of toothed belts, the fabric constructed by plating a partially oriented first yarn of polyester or nylon with a second yarn of polyester or spun cotton and knit in a blister stitch in the machine direction is provided. A method of forming toothed belts incorporating such a fabric is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Mayes, James Rollings Newsome
  • Patent number: 10406255
    Abstract: A hemostatic textile comprising glass fibers circular knit with bamboo-sourced rayon fibers in a tubular fashion. The knitted textile is scoured and dried to shrink the bamboo-sourced rayon relative to the glass fibers and to orient the glass fibers exteriorly of the bamboo-sourced rayon fibers such that when the hemostatic textile is administered to a wound, the glass fibers are the first to come in contact with any wound fluid, for example blood. This orientation aids in the activation of the hemostatic response which leads to faster clot times and improved overall wound-healing. A method of manufacturing and utilizing the hemostatic textile is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Hinson
  • Patent number: 10190657
    Abstract: A warp-directional stretch fabric that defines two right faces and is formed from warp yarns defined by a nylon and fill yarns defined by an aramid. The fabric can be incorporated into a toothed belt, for example a transmission belt, to produce a belt that has enhanced structural and resistance capabilities while capable of being produced at a lower cost than prior art belts. A method of producing an improved toothed belt including the fabric is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James Rollings Newsome
  • Patent number: 10145446
    Abstract: A warp-directional stretch fabric that defines two right faces and is formed from warp yarns defined by a nylon and fill yarns defined by an aramid. The fabric can be incorporated into a toothed belt, for example a transmission belt, to produce a belt that has enhanced structural and resistance capabilities while capable of being produced at a lower cost than prior art belts. A method of producing an improved toothed belt including the fabric is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James Rollings Newsome
  • Publication number: 20180282939
    Abstract: A rubber molded product such as a brake cylinder diaphragm with a balanced elongation substrate reinforcement in both the warp and fill directions incorporated therein is provided. The fabric substrate reinforcement is woven without size and overfed after the weaving process leading to balanced crimp and elongation in the length and width directions. The fabric member is also woven with a reduced number of weft threads to start, but which are added back by overfeeding to further render the fabric elongation more isotropic in at least the warp and fill directions. The reinforcement substrate is placed in the mold along with the molding material and formed into the desired shape to assist in shape retention and overall structural stability. A method of forming a molded product including a balanced crimp reinforcement substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: JAMES ROLLINGS NEWSOME, NICHOLAS ADAM CONE
  • Patent number: 9745750
    Abstract: A modular composite utility pole has a plurality of sections, each with a tapered hollow tube having a plurality of plies, wherein a first end has a larger diameter than a second end, wherein each section is adapted to join at least one adjoining section at a joint wherein the first end of an upper section overlaps the second end of a lower section, the lower section having a ledge proximate to the second end of the lower section, with a fastener passing through the joint via apertures in the sections, and wherein, when the modular composite utility pole is erected, the joint is self-located by the joint features, and wherein substantially all vertical load is transferred between sections via the a surface of the second end of the upper section resting upon the ledge of the lower section. Also disclosed are individual sections and methods of making them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott T. Holmes
  • Patent number: 9664310
    Abstract: A pipe including an inner layer, an outer layer, a jacket layer, and an anisotropic layer positioned between the jacket and outer layers is provided. The anisotropic layer is formed from weaving a number of more rigid, monofilament fill strands and a number of less rigid multifilament warp strands. The fill strands may be formed from single, six hundred-ten (610) denier polyester filament while the warp strands may be formed from a series of two hundred-twenty (220) denier polyester threads. The anisotropic layer permits limited rotation of the inner and outer pipe layers without inserting into the gaps formed by the jacket layer when exposed to intense heat and pressure and is not subjected to significant creep during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James Rollings Newsome
  • Patent number: 9599189
    Abstract: A warp-directional stretch fabric that defines two right faces and is formed from warp yarns defined by a nylon and fill yarns defined by an aramid. The fabric can be incorporated into a toothed belt, for example a transmission belt, to produce a belt that has enhanced structural and resistance capabilities while capable of being produced at a lower cost than prior art belts. A method of producing an improved toothed belt including the fabric is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James Rollings Newsome
  • Patent number: 9464373
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a shifted angle fabric and the product produced thereby. The apparatus includes a supply of fabric and a differential tenter frame. The differential tenter frame includes a frame, a pair of opposed, constant path rails and a differential drive. The differential tenter frame is located downstream from the supply of fabric for receiving the opposing edges of the fabric and advancing the opposing edges at different speeds to shift the weft angle of the fabric as the fabric travels the length of the differential tenter frame. A high velocity, low heat drying range adjacent to the differential tenter frame simultaneously dries the fabric as the fabric travels the length of the differential tenter frame. A take-up roll downstream from the differential tenter frame then takes up the dried fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy L. Pruitt, Charles Albert Watson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9243682
    Abstract: A power transmission belt. The power transmission belt includes a body having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A fabric is attached to the inner perimeter of the body for reinforcement wherein the fabric is a double knit fabric formed using textured yarns in at least the cross-machine direction. The belt may further include a layer of reinforcing cords surrounding the outer perimeter of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Floyd Avery, Terry Wayne Hinson, Nicholas Edward Irwin, William James Canipe
  • Publication number: 20150343111
    Abstract: A hemostatic textile comprising glass fibers circular knit with bamboo-sourced rayon fibers in a tubular fashion. The knitted textile is scoured and dried to shrink the bamboo-sourced rayon relative to the glass fibers and to orient the glass fibers exteriorly of the bamboo-sourced rayon fibers such that when the hemostatic textile is administered to a wound, the glass fibers are the first to come in contact with any wound fluid, for example blood. This orientation aids in the activation of the hemostatic response which leads to faster clot times and improved overall wound-healing. A method of manufacturing and utilizing the hemostatic textile is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Hinson
  • Patent number: 8778130
    Abstract: An airbag is disclosed that comprises a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer, and an adhesive. The first and second fabric layers are coated with silicone elastomer coatings. The adhesive is a heat-cured silicone adhesive, and forms a seam-bond between the first and second layers such that a bag-like structure is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schindzielorz
  • Publication number: 20140087904
    Abstract: A power transmission belt. The power transmission belt includes a body having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A fabric is attached to the inner perimeter of the body for reinforcement wherein the fabric is a double knit fabric formed using textured yarns in at least the cross-machine direction. The belt may further include a layer of reinforcing cords surrounding the outer perimeter of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Floyd Avery, Terry Wayne Hinson, Nicholas Edward Irwin, William James Canipe
  • Patent number: 8408595
    Abstract: An airbag comprises a pair of fabric layers and a thermoplastic covering on the fabric layers applied by extruding the covering onto a surface of each of the fabric layers. The covering is configured to seal the airbag when heated such that no stitched seam is used to seal the airbag. A primer may be applied between a fabric layer surface and covering to aid in adhesion of the covering to the fabric layer. The airbag can also include internal seams formed by the heat sealed, thermoplastic covering composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schindzielorz, Edward Sescourka
  • Patent number: 8296911
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a shifted angle fabric and the product produced thereby. The apparatus includes a supply of fabric and a differential tenter frame. The differential tenter frame includes a frame, a pair of opposed, constant path rails and a differential drive. The differential tenter frame is located downstream from the supply of fabric for receiving the opposing edges of the fabric and advancing the opposing edges at different speeds to shift the weft angle of the fabric as the fabric travels the length of the differential tenter frame. A high velocity, low heat drying range adjacent to the differential tenter frame simultaneously dries the fabric as the fabric travels the length of the differential tenter frame. A take-up roll downstream from the differential tenter frame then takes up the dried fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy L. Pruitt, Charles Albert Watson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8132826
    Abstract: An airbag is disclosed that comprises a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer, and an adhesive. The first and second fabric layers are coated with silicone elastomer coatings. The adhesive is a heat-cured silicone adhesive, and forms a seam-bond between the first and second layers such that a bag-like structure is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schindzielorz
  • Patent number: 8109534
    Abstract: An airbag. The airbag includes a heat shield made of a thermal resistant material that prevents a pyrotechnic inflator's clinkers and hot gas from damaging the airbag or injuring the vehicle occupant. The thermal resistant material is a base fabric web with an elastomeric coating that includes a high aspect ratio additive such as vitreous fibers of alumina silicates. The resulting thermal resistant material exhibits exceptionally good thermal resistance times while, at the same time, uses relatively low coating weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schindzielorz, Edward Thomas Sescourka, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7846509
    Abstract: A printing substrate is formed in a single operation by a method of forming and finishing a fabric web. The forming step creates a continuous fabric web. That fabric is sent to an accumulator, then downstream for finishing. The finishing step includes applying a printable coating via a knurled applicator, controlling the level of liquid in the applicator and compensating for knurled roller deflection. The finishing step further includes curing the coated fabric and selectively employing VOC hoods where needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl T. Crouch, Joe Nicholson
  • Patent number: 7735342
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an unbalanced, circular knit fabric for coating in a subsequent operation, the apparatus comprising: a circular knitting station; and a thermal relaxation station downstream from the circular knitting station for relaxing the fabric in all directions. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the apparatus includes a slitting station downstream from the circular knitting station. Also in the preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a thermal finishing station downstream from the thermal relaxation station for setting the desired width of the fabric thereby also setting the desired stretch of the fabric in its length direction. A coated fabric, the coated fabric comprising a circular knitted, single knit fabric substrate, wherein the stretch of the fabric in the wale direction is greater than the stretch of the fabric in the course direction. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the coated fabric further includes an outer coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger A. Bailey