Patents by Inventor Melanie Andrieu

Melanie Andrieu 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).

  • Self-curling knitted sleeve and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 7395680
    Abstract: A warp knit self-curling fabric and methods of construction thereof provides an elongate sleeve having overlapping edges for protecting elongate members. The fabric includes warp stitches and a plurality of weft stitches. The fabric comprises at least three yarns warp knit together, wherein one of the weft stitches is knit using a tricot stitch of a monofilament under tension to bias the fabric into a self-curled configuration about a central space. The monofilament forms an inner surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Federal Mogul Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Angela L. Baer, Emeline Andrieu, legal representative, Mélanie Andrieu, legal representative, Hubert Andrieu
  • SELF-CURLING KNITTED SLEEVE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20070163305
    Abstract: A warp knit self-curling fabric and methods of construction thereof provides an elongate sleeve having overlapping edges for protecting elongate members. The fabric includes warp stitches and a plurality of weft stitches. The fabric comprises at least three yarns warp knit together, wherein one of the weft stitches is knit using a tricot stitch of a monofilament under tension to bias the fabric into a self-curled configuration about a central space. The monofilament forms an inner surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Angela Baer, Hubert Andrieu, Emeline Andrieu, Melanie Andrieu