Patents Examined by Robert H. Muromoto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11965272
    Abstract: An industrial textile has a double warp. Yarns (111, 112) of a first warp and yarns (131, 132, 133, 134) of a weft are bonded to each other according to a first predetermined pattern, and yarns (121, 122) of a second warp and the yarns (131, 132, 133, 134) of the weft are bonded to each other according to a second predetermined pattern. The first predetermined pattern and the second predetermined pattern form a textile structure, which includes the yarns (131, 132) of the weft on a first level (L1) and the yarns (133, 134) of the weft on a second level (L2). The yarns of the weft having smaller diameter are configured to alternate with yarns of the weft having a larger diameter on the first level (L1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rauno Enqvist
  • Patent number: 11963572
    Abstract: An apparatus to acquire and process images for a helmet, including an image acquisition device provided with a sensor, in embodiments including a helmet on which the image acquisition device is installed, and a the related method of acquiring and processing images therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZERONOISE LTD
    Inventors: Alexandros Haristos, Stephane Cohen
  • Patent number: 11965273
    Abstract: A terry towel including one or more layers of ground warp yarns and one or more layers of pile warp yarns interwoven with one or more layers of ground weft yarns, wherein at least one of the ground warp yarns, pile warp yarns, and ground weft yarns include one or more core spun yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sysco Guest Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Khushboo Mittal, Mohan Meiyappan Kandhasamy
  • Patent number: 11959203
    Abstract: The glass roving cloth includes glass rovings each composed of glass filaments, each having a filament diameter Dt of 9.5 to 30.0 ?m, bundled in a number bundled Ft of 400 to 8000 as a warp yarn and glass rovings each composed of glass filaments, each having a filament diameter Dy of 9.5 to 30.0 ?m, bundled in a number bundled Fy of 400 to 8000 as weft yarns, wherein the weaving density of the warp yarns and weft yarn is 2.0 to 14.0 yarns/25 mm, the average yarn width of the warp yarn and the weft yarn are each 500 to 8000 ?m, the widening rate of the warp yarn and the weft yarn are each 3.0 to 30.0%, the glass occupancy in the warp yarn direction is 90.0 to 106.0%, and the glass occupancy in the weft yarn direction is 75.0 to 99.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nukui, Junya Sakata, Hideaki Monma
  • Patent number: 11959201
    Abstract: A woven textile includes, in at least one of the warp or weft directions, non-flocked yarns and flocked yarns. The flocked yarns include a support yarn having a core covered with an adhesive layer. The support yarn has a base diameter. Protruding filaments provide the flocked yarns with an apparent diameter. The non-flocked yarns have a diameter which is smaller than the apparent diameter and larger than the base diameter of the flocked yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Serge Ferrari SAS
    Inventors: Anaïs Dolle, Emmanuel Tapie
  • Patent number: 11952685
    Abstract: Towel cloth is provided, which has bulky and fluffy hand, of which hand hardly changes and fluff drop hardly occurs during washing, of which a dewatering property is favorable and dries rapidly after washing, and which also has water absorbability. Towel cloth in which a pile yarn is locked to a ground yarn, wherein the pile yarn is constituted by a twisted union yarn of a non-crimpable polyester-based multifilament yarn and a vegetable fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: IZAWA TOWEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji Izawa
  • Patent number: 11952716
    Abstract: A triple papermaking fabric includes: a set of top MD yarns; a set of top CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns; a set of bottom MD yarns; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns; a set of binding yarns arranged in pairs between respective top CMD yarns; the binding yarns of each pair are interwoven with respective different top MD yarns, and the binding yarns, together, of the pair are interwoven with all the top MD yarns; the binding yarns are arranged in pairs between respective consecutive top CMD yarns; the binding yarns of each pair bind respective different bottom MD yarns, each binding yarn of the pair binding only one bottom MD yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FELTRI MARONE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Clara Rossetti
  • Patent number: 11952684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe upper with an illuminating logo. The upper includes a main body part, a logo part, and a lighting unit, in which the logo part for illumination may be formed integrally with the upper, providing the upper with an illumination feature. In this way, the upper with an illuminating logo can be manufactured with a reduced amount of time, leading to an improved manufacturing efficiency. In addition, the logo part is much less likely to come off and there is no need for an adhesive or bonding, creating an aesthetically attractive appearance from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Soo Bok Song
  • Patent number: 11946175
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a woven material from tape-like warps and wefts includes a warp supply source for tape-like warps; a shed forming device to form a shed by the warps; a weft insertion device for inserting tape-like weft in the shed formed by the warps; and a take-up device for taking-up the produced woven material. Each of the warps extend in warp paths between the warp supply source and the take-up device. Further, the shed forming device comprises an air pressure system arranged to apply pressure on the face of at least some of the warps in an intermediate position of the warp paths, between the warp supply source and the take-up device, the applied air pressure being sufficient to displace at least some warps in essentially the thickness direction of the tape-like warps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAPE WEAVING SWEDEN AB
    Inventor: Henrik Blycker
  • Patent number: 11939707
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for producing seamless woven materials that are variable in each of their 3 dimensions. The systems and methods generally operate by altering heddle positions independently to impart three dimensional structure to a woven fabric. Weft yarn is woven into a set of warp yarns that have been individually raised or lowered along a particular cross section, essentially locking the weave into an intended 3 dimensional form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: UNSPUN, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Peter Martin, Elizabeth Faith Esponnette, Walden Hoi Ming Lam, Sarah Marie Lafasto, Benjamin Wagner Cloud, Brian Joseph Gormley, Chase Michael Goodman, Simeon Dimitrov Kostadinov, Tyler Nathaniel Perkins, Nicholas Anthony Bollen
  • Patent number: 11939706
    Abstract: A light shielding net, which can improve productivity by facilitating a weaving process, can be wound by a winding device due to a high winding strength, and can express various colors, thereby adjusting a light shielding amount and improving a design aesthetic sense. To this end, a warp yarn is made of a PE monofilament, the weft yarn is made of a PE film, and the two warp yarns are repeatedly woven in a Leno weave form surrounding each weft yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Seung Chan HWANG
    Inventor: Hyo Sang Yun
  • Patent number: 11930868
    Abstract: A wearable blanket usable as a blanket, a towel, a wrap, and worn fashionably as a skirt. The front and back fabric panels are trapezoids in shape. Pockets are formed by pocket bags that are positioned between the front and back fabric layers and aligned with seams in the front panel allowing a person to insert their hands into the pocket bags when wearing the wearable blanket. A stretchable belt tab is stretchable, has a hook-and-loop surface portion, and is fastened along an edge of the wearable blanket. A belt receiver has a hook-and-loop portion and is fastened to the front fabric panel. The belt receiver fastens with the stretchable belt tab in a stretched orientation. The recoil force of the stretchable belt tab pulls the top edge of the wearable blanket snuggly around the waist or torso of the person wearing the wearable blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Tara A. Zlotkin
  • Patent number: 11930875
    Abstract: Personal protective devices with an impact reduction system that includes a first bladder system including a fluid and a second bladder system are disclosed. A passage couples the first bladder system to the second bladder system and includes a first series of Tesla valves that resist flow of the fluid from the first bladder system to a common point of the passageway when an impact occurs to the first bladder system. In some embodiments, the passage further includes a second series of Tesla valves that resist flow of the fluid from the second bladder system to the common point of the passageway when an impact occurs to the second bladder system. The impact reduction system is a passive, closed system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: John Hooman Kasraei
  • Patent number: 11932974
    Abstract: In order to produce a plurality of fabric strips (22) from a fabric (20) during the manufacturing process thereof, a method is proposed which utilizes the steps of: inserting weft threads (24) into the open warp thread shed, laying of a plurality of cover threads (30, 34) in a zigzag shape by a plurality of feed needles (32, 36), cutting the fabric (20) in the drawing-off direction into a plurality of woven strips (22), and pulling off the warp threads (60) that are located between the cutting-side laying points of the cover threads and the cutting device. This method can be implemented in a particularly advantageous manner if, in addition to the cover thread (30, 34) introduced in zigzag manner, a further cover thread (70) is introduced at each fabric edge (26) by a further feed needle in such manner that it is connected to the zigzag thread whereby the zigzag thread is prevented from fraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Textilma AG
    Inventors: Robert Reimann, Bernhard Engesser
  • Patent number: 11927303
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a host, a first belt, a second belt, a circuit board, a cable, and an adjustment mechanism. The first belt, one end of which is connected to a first side of the host, has a cable holding part. One end of the second belt is connected to a second side of the host. The circuit board is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt. A first end and a second end opposite to each other of the cable are connected to the circuit board and the first side respectively, and a holding section of the cable is fixed to the cable holding part. The adjusting mechanism is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt to adjust an overlapping length of the first belt and the second belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tsen-Wei Kung, Chung-Ju Wu, Tsung Hua Yang, Chih-Yao Chang, Wei Te Tu
  • Patent number: 11926936
    Abstract: A terry fabric includes a first side configured to exhibit absorbency capabilities and a second side configured to exhibit cooling capabilities. The first side can include a spun fiber loop including a plurality of pile warp yarn, and the second side can include a plurality of weft yarn and a plurality of ground warp yarn, wherein at least one of the plurality of weft yarn and the plurality of ground warp yarn includes synthetic filament yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MPUSA, LLC
    Inventor: David Chad Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11918068
    Abstract: A personal sterilization system, including a base unit defining an air intake, a fan, and a fluid path from the air intake to the fan; at least one UVC light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the fluid path with UVC light; a delivery conduit attached to the base unit in fluid communication with the fan; and a dispersion device configured to be worn in proximity to a person's face, the dispersion device defining a fluid inlet attached to the delivery conduit, and at least one fluid outlet configured to disperse pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: James Scott Hay
  • Patent number: 11920301
    Abstract: Woven papermaking fabrics useful in the manufacture of fibrous structures, particularly wet-laid tissue products that allow the web contacting surface of the fabric to be woven with three-dimensional topography comprising protuberances that are oriented at an angle relative to both the machine direction (MD) axis and cross-machine (CD) axis of the fabric. The protuberances may be discrete or continuous and, in certain preferred embodiments, intersect one another to form discrete valleys there between. The valleys may have relatively steep sidewalls, such as wall angles greater than 22 degrees, and be relatively deep, such as valley depths greater than about 0.35 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Lynda Ellen Collins
  • Patent number: 11920302
    Abstract: The woven papermaking fabrics have a machine direction (MD) axis and a cross-machine direction (CD) axis, a machine contacting surface and a web contacting surface. The web contacting surface comprises a plurality of MD and CD oriented protuberances. Generally, the MD oriented protuberances are formed from warp filaments and may be continuous across one dimension of the papermaking fabric. The CD oriented protuberances are formed from shute filaments and are discrete. The fabrics may be woven such that the CD oriented protuberances traverse at least one MD oriented protuberance and in other instances two or more MD oriented protuberances. In addition to MD and CD oriented protuberances, the web contacting surface comprises valleys disposed between adjacent MD oriented protuberances. The valleys are generally permeable to air and water and aid in the formation and structuring of webs manufactured using the fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Lynda Ellen Collins
  • Patent number: 11920265
    Abstract: A multi-layer fabric, and an airbag formed of the multi-layer fabric are provided. The multi-layer fabric can provide an airbag capable of sufficiently protecting a driver or a passenger by minimizing damage caused by broken glass fragments when a vehicle is overturned. The multi-layer fabric includes an inflating part, and a co-woven part surrounding the inflating part. At least one layer of the inflating part includes a first region formed of two or more types of weaves comprising 1/1 plain weave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Wook Heo, Il Chung, Ki Jeong Kim, Hyo Eun Kim