Braided, Interlaced, Knitted Or Woven Patents (Class 138/123)
  • Patent number: 12102308
    Abstract: A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Ryan, Kevin John Wilcox, Oliver Gorst
  • Patent number: 11992625
    Abstract: In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body that includes an inner liner, and outer jacket, and a structural support member positioned between at least a portion of the inner liner and the outer jacket. The outer jacket includes a plurality of outer jacket segments in which each outer jacket segment of the plurality is longitudinally adjacent to another outer jacket segment of the plurality. The structural support member includes a first section having a first density, a second section distal to the first section and having a second density, and a third section distal to the second section and having a third density, such that the second density being higher than the first and third densities. The second section of the structural support member is longitudinally aligned with a junction between two outer jacket segments of the plurality of outer jacket segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Ujwal Jalgaonkar
  • Patent number: 11888297
    Abstract: A conductor shielding termination assembly can include a housing tube defining an inner diameter housing channel therethrough and having housing threads on an outer diameter thereof. The housing tube can be made of conductive material. The assembly can include a shoulder bushing configured to insert within the inner diameter housing channel of the housing tube. The shoulder bushing can define an inner diameter bushing channel sized to receive an unshielded portion of a conductor. The assembly can include a jam nut comprising a nut inner diameter channel sized to receive a shielded portion of the conductor and nut threads on an inner diameter thereof configured to mesh with the housing threads. The jam nut and housing tube can be configured to trap a shielding termination within the meshed housing threads and jam nut threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Francis C. Belisle, Nhia Yang
  • Patent number: 11767933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of extensible flexible hoses, especially but not exclusively intended for use for irrigation, and more specifically relates to a new configuration for such a hose, and the relative production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MTP S.R.L.
    Inventor: Maurizio Gubitosa
  • Patent number: 11643758
    Abstract: The application relates to the technical field of wiring accessories, in particular to a protective tube. The protective tube includes a tube wall and fluffy warp yarns, wherein the tube wall forms a pipeline for a cable to be threaded therein and includes cross-woven first warp yarns and first weft yarns; the fluffy warp yarns are on an inner surface of the tube wall and are fluffier than the first warp yarns, the fluffy warp yarns are cross-woven with the first weft yarns and form a plurality of intersections with the first weft yarns, and each of the fluffy warp yarns spans a plurality of the first weft yarns between two adjacent intersections. When the protective tube is subjected to external impact, the tube wall with stronger hardness can protect the cable; moreover, the fluffy warp yarn reduce the friction between the protective tube and the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JDD TECH NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaojun Gao, Baohui Zhang, Fengkai Yang, Qiaoyun Yang, Junjie Peng, Wei Zhou, Bosen Long
  • Patent number: 11536412
    Abstract: A line element includes an inner element, an outer element surrounding the inner element, and a damping element arranged between the inner element and the outer element. The damping element can be made, for example, of knitted wire fabric or a stripwound hose. The damping element can be made in particular of a more easily wearing material than the outer element and/or the inner element, for example of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WESTFALIA METAL HOSES GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Hauk, Oliver Selter, Dietmar Baumhoff, Karl-Heinz Münker, Andreas Gerhard, Michael Henkelmann, David Christopher Siebels, Sascha Jan Sckudlarek, Matthias Weiss, Karsten Schenk
  • Patent number: 11512188
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a sliding portion made of a vulcanized rubber composition. The rubber composition includes a carboxyl-containing acrylic rubber, a silica, and a glass fiber. A content of the silica is 25 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the carboxyl-containing acrylic rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Kawano
  • Patent number: 11493153
    Abstract: A stitched double layer composite hose is provided. The stitched double layer composite hose includes a middle fabric pipe layer, an inner surface composite colloid material layer and an outer surface composite colloid material layer. The structure of the fabric pipe layer is weft-stitched double-layer unit structure. The double-layer unit structure includes an outer layer, an inner layer and stitched wefts. The inner layer includes inner layer warps and inner layer wefts; the outer layer includes outer layer warps and outer layer wefts. The stitched wefts interweave with the outer layer warps and the inner layer warps for conjoining the inner layer and the outer layer together. The fabric pipe layer weaved solves problems of the stitched double layer composite hose in the fabric pipe layer of traditional casing, with such advantages as high flexibility, less weaving point, less loss of yarn strength and less degree of torsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nantong Beca Machinery Technology Co. LTD
    Inventors: Baoxiang Cai, Weifeng Cai, Lihai Cai, Zhongyao Huang
  • Patent number: 11473716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe having a thermoplastic casing surface a glass-fibre-reinforced thermo-setting coating surrounding the thermoplastic casing surface. The thermo-setting coating is formed from multiple layers of glass-fibre matting or glass-fibre fabric, or a combination of the two, wherein the layers are applied to the thermoplastic casing surface a wet-on-wet method using a vinylester, polyester or epoxy resin. According to the invention, an outer layer of the thermo-setting coating is formed from cross-wound glass-fibre fleece or glass-fibre fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TDC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventor: Daniel Welker
  • Patent number: 11446016
    Abstract: A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Ryan, Kevin John Wilcox, Oliver Gorst
  • Patent number: 11421356
    Abstract: A braided textile sleeve having a flexible, seamless, reflective tubular wall and method of construction thereof are provided. The tubular wall extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends and includes a first set of yarns and a second set of yarns braided with one another. The first and second yarns are provided as different types of yarns from one another and are braided in opposite helical directions with one another. The tubular wall includes a third set of yarns captured between the first and second sets of yarns, with the third set of yarns extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The sleeve includes a reflective outer layer fixed to an outer surface of the braided yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Cassie M. Malloy, Qingtong Ge, Tianqi Gao, Edgar Muela, Danny Winters
  • Patent number: 11401631
    Abstract: A wrappable, woven sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends, with the opposite edges being wrappable into overlapping relation to bound a central cavity. The wall has a plurality of layers extending from one edge to the opposite edge and from one end to the opposite end in overlying relation with one another. Each of the layers include warp yarns and fill yarns woven together. The wrapped wall has a radially outermost layer and a radially innermost layer. The radially outermost layer has at least one of a first tightness and/or first width and the radially innermost layer has at least one of a second tightness and/or second width, with the first tightness and first width being greater than the second tightness and second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Xiaodan Qiu, Tianqi Gao, Danny Winters, Ritesh Mehbubani
  • Patent number: 11389311
    Abstract: A generally tubular braided flow diverting stent is formed of alternating round and rectangular elongated members, for treatment of aneurysms. The generally tubular braided flow diverting stent maintains a significant wall thickness while increasing area coverage of a vessel wall. Sliding of the round elongated members over the rectangular elongated members allows the stent to be crimped to very low diameters for delivery in narrow portions of the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Slazas, Juan A. Lorenzo
  • Patent number: 11384457
    Abstract: A thermal sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a tubular woven wall extending along a central axis between opposite open ends with an outer reflective foil layer fixed thereto. The wall is woven with lengthwise extending warp yarns and circumferentially extending fill yarns. The fill yarns include first and second fill yarns bundled in side-by-side abutting relation as a single pick, thereby forming discrete single pick bundles in axially spaced relation from one another. The first fill yarn is provided as a standard monofilament, while the second fill yarn is provided having a low melt material melted and bonded to the abutting first fill yarn and to portions of the abutting warp yarns, wherein the spaces between the discrete bundles remain substantially free of melted material, thereby further enhancing longitudinal flexibility of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Cassie M. Malloy, Qingtong Ge, Tianqi Gao, Edgar Muele, Danny Winters
  • Patent number: 11229775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongate, flexible, medical device comprising: an elongate, flexible inner member; a support member extending around the inner member; a plurality of electrically-conductive wires, each being braided with the support member; an outer member; and at least one ionic electroactive polymer actuator, the actuator comprising: at least one polymer electrolyte layer secured adjacent to the distal end of the inner member; and a plurality of electrodes circumferentially distributed about the exterior surface of the at least one polymer electrolyte layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of electrically-conductive wires, adjacent to the distal end thereof, is electrically connected to one of the electrodes, and the at least one polymer electrolyte layer is configured to deform asymmetrically in response to the application of an electrical signal through at least one of the plurality of electrically-conductive wires to at least one of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: XCATH, INC., Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System
    Inventors: Daniel H. Kim, Dong Suk Shin, Viljar Palmre, Younghee Shim
  • Patent number: 10799091
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion portion formed in an elongated shape; a mesh tube formed by braiding thin wires in a tubular shape and provided in a shape of a cylinder inside the insertion portion; and a rigidity changing mechanism including a coil inserted in the insertion portion and formed by winding an element wire, and a wire inserted in the coil and formed by intertwining element wires, the rigidity changing mechanism being configured to apply a compression force to the coil by pulling the wire, to adjust a bending rigidity of the insertion portion, wherein a dimension of a gap created between the thin wires in the mesh tube is set to be smaller than a diameter of the wire and larger than a diameter of each of the element wires of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Okaniwa, Seisuke Takase, Hidehiro Joko, Isamu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10766191
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a head configured to discharge a composite material including a matrix and a plurality of continuous reinforcements. The system may also include a weave mechanism configured to selectively adjust a pattern of weaving of the plurality of continuous reinforcements occurring inside of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler
  • Patent number: 10550987
    Abstract: A structural liner for reinforcing existing underground water conduits to resist earthquakes and landslides adapted for insertion into underground water conduits without having to excavate are disclosed. The reinforcement structural device consists of a seamless woven tubular sheath impregnated with a hardening resin which is adapted for insertion into a network of underground water conduits without the need to excavate. The seamless woven tubular sheath consists of continuous longitudinal fiber warp yarn providing tensile strength along the longitudinal axis of the woven tubular sheath and circumferential fiber filling yarn providing tensile strength around the wall of the woven tubular sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SANEXEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Martin Bureau, Gilles Gagnon, Michael Davison, Benoit Cote
  • Patent number: 10531744
    Abstract: A bed sheet is provided that includes a knitted performance fabric having a plurality of spaced apart ventilation ports. The knitted performance fabric has a gauge per square inch, grams per square meter, air permeability and material content that are pre-selected to provide the knitted performance fabric with one or more selected physical features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BEDGEAR, LLC
    Inventor: Eugene Alletto
  • Patent number: 10501826
    Abstract: The present invention provides a superelastic alloy containing Au in an amount of 8.0% by mass or more and 20.0% by mass or less and at least one of Cr and Mo as essential additive elements, Ta as an optional additive element, and Ti and inevitable impurities as a balance, wherein the Cr equivalent calculated on the basis of the following formula for the relationship of the Cr content, the Mo content and the Ta content is within the range of more than 0.5 and less than 8.0. The alloy is a Ni-free superelastic alloy, and has favorable X-ray-imaging property. Accordingly, the alloy can be suitably used in medical fields. Cr equivalent=[Cr content (% by mass)]+([Mo content (% by mass)]/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K. K., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hideki Hosoda, Tomonari Inamura, Masaki Tahara, Yuri Shinohara, Kota Fuchiwaki, Kenji Goto
  • Patent number: 10493941
    Abstract: An airbag includes folds with each fold having an apex and limbs. The limbs extend from the apex to the limbs of an adjacent fold. A fastener is fixed to the folds and releasably connects the folds to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hubert Szawarski, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Mark A. Cuddihy
  • Patent number: 10357933
    Abstract: A thermal sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a tubular woven wall extending along a central axis between opposite open ends with an outer reflective foil layer fixed thereto. The wall is woven with lengthwise extending warp yarns and circumferentially extending fill yarns. The fill yarns include first and second fill yarns bundled in side-by-side abutting relation as a single pick, thereby forming discrete single pick bundles in axially spaced relation from one another. The first fill yarn is provided as a standard monofilament, while the second fill yarn is provided having a low melt material melted and bonded to the abutting first fill yarn and to portions of the abutting warp yarns, wherein the spaces between the discrete bundles remain substantially free of melted material, thereby further enhancing longitudinal flexibility of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Cassie M. Malloy, Qingtong Ge, Tianqi Gao, Edgar Muela, Danny Winters
  • Patent number: 10234649
    Abstract: A device to be inserted into a conduit includes at least one tube intended to receive optic fibers or micro fiber optic cables therein. A jacket surrounds the tube. In an embodiment where there are a plurality of tubes, they are loosely aligned within the jacket. In another embodiment, opposed surfaces of the jacket are attached to each other to form compartments for each tube. In still another embodiment, the jacket holds the tubes generally in a bundle. The jacket of a tube may also be attached to one or more innerducts, each of which can receive a fiber optic cable. Alternatively, an innerduct may be attached to two jackets each of which carry a tube therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: WESCO Distribution, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry L. Allen
  • Patent number: 10208826
    Abstract: An impact absorber absorbs impact energy when receiving an impact load. The impact absorber includes a fibrous structure. The fibrous structure includes a tube of which a center axis extends in a direction in which the impact load is applied and a rib that connects opposing inner surfaces of the tube. The fibrous structure is impregnated with a matrix resin. The direction in which the impact load is applied is referred to as an X direction, and a direction in which the rib connects the opposing inner surfaces of the tube is referred to as a Y direction. The tube includes a fiber layer including load direction yarns extending in the X direction and intersecting direction yarns intersecting the load direction yarns. The rib includes yarns extending only in a direction orthogonal to the X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Ryuta Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10077540
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant cover system, having a corrosion-resistant cover structured and configured to be arrangeable around an object having one or more metallic surfaces that are susceptible to corrosion. The corrosion-resistant cover is operable to provide increased corrosion resistance to the object by preventing contact between the one or more metallic surfaces and ambient conditions exterior to the corrosion-resistant cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Cole, Israel Stol
  • Patent number: 10047881
    Abstract: A fuel hose is provided, which includes an inner tube including a rubber layer and a rubber layer, a resin layer provided around an outer periphery of the inner tube and comprising a thermoplastic resin as a major component, and an outer tube provided around an outer periphery of the resin layer and including a reinforcement thread layer and a rubber layer. The inner tube of the fuel hose has a dynamic loss (Tan ?) of 0.3 to 1.2. The fuel hose has an outer diameter change ratio of not greater than 10% and a volume change ratio of not less than 15% when the internal pressure of the hose is increased by 1 MPa. The fuel hose is less costly, and has a fuel permeation resistance (fuel barrier property) as well as a pulsation suppressing property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryo Hirai, Yoshiki Kodaka, Kazuki Hatanaka, Ryousuke Kanegae
  • Patent number: 10034998
    Abstract: A catheter that does not require a fixing tool for fixing an end of a reinforcing body to an inner layer and does not require a separate marker to allow a user of the catheter to visually recognize a position of the catheter during procedures. The catheter includes a catheter main body having an inner layer that is a hollow tubular body, a braid that covers an outer periphery of the inner layer from a proximal end of the inner layer to a distal end of the inner layer, and an outer layer that covers an outer periphery of the braid. At least one end portion of the braid is folded under itself to form a folded part, and an end of the braid is in contact with the inner layer and is arranged in a lowest layer of the folded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nakayama, Masaaki Nihonmatsu
  • Patent number: 10010144
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a carry (or carrying) bag is provided that includes an interior, substantially cut-resistant security panel assembly with a matrix of wires secured between or on one or more flexible material layers. Also in various embodiments, the security panel assembly may be positioned intermediate the bag outside wall and a lining of the bag, and in other embodiments, may also take the form of an expansion panel. Second or secondary locking fasteners are also provided to lock first or primary fasteners to or within the carrying bag, to provide security for compartments and pockets. A strap with one or more security cables, and various locking fasteners, may be attached to the carry bag. Methods for forming such security panel assemblies, expansion panels, and carrying straps are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Godshaw, Du Hai
  • Patent number: 9989188
    Abstract: A wear-heat-resistant anti-bacterial anti-fouling steel wire framed pipe and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The steel wire framed pipe includes: an anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer, an enhancement layer and a wear-heat-resistant outer layer from inside to outside in turn, wherein: the anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer is made from antifouling and antibacterial composite modified polyethylene; the wear-heat-resistant outer layer is made from wear-resistant cross-linked modified PE-RT; the enhancement layer includes an interlayer and two steel wire gauze layers respectively coating on an inner surface and an outer surface of the interlayer, and the interlayer is respectively bonded with the anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer and the wear-heat-resistant outer layer via hot-melt adhesive. The steel wire framed pipe provided by the present invention has high structural strength, wear-resistance, heat-resistance, and anti-bacterial and anti-fouling properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Kangtai plastic science & Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuangquan Zhang, Hongbo Hao
  • Patent number: 9962528
    Abstract: A textile greige includes a plurality of woven medical tube textiles in a series that share a set of warp yarns and a first weft yarn. The medical tube textiles have different diameter segments such that less than all of the warp yarns are included in a small diameter segment of the medical tube textile. A diameter control weave of a second weft yarn is woven with segments of the warp yarns that are outside of the woven medical tube textiles. Later processing includes cutting the diameter control weave from the medical tube textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Osbrink, David Burton, Charlene Phillips
  • Patent number: 9861782
    Abstract: A variable stiffness catheter having two concentric coils. A first coil is fixed with relation to the body of the catheter and a second coil is able to rotate in the space between adjacent turns of the first coil. The second coil translates axially in response to being rotated. When the second coil is advanced to its distal position, the stiffness is maximized. When the second coil is retracted proximally, the stiffness of the coil is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Plassman, Logan Michael Cage
  • Patent number: 9827086
    Abstract: A tubular woven implantable graft having a tapered section is provided. The graft includes a first diameter and a second diameter and has a generally constant number of warp yarns per inch adjacent both the first diameter and the second diameter. A method for producing an implantable woven graft is also provided. The method includes weaving a first section having a first diameter and a tapered diameter tapering from the first diameter to a second diameter. During weaving of the tapered section a number of warp yarns are dropped from the weave and compressive forces are applied to the fabric to narrow the width of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Secant Group, LLC
    Inventors: Seth A. Winner, Jack Coy
  • Patent number: 9775590
    Abstract: A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Ryan, Kevin John Wilcox, Oliver Gorst
  • Patent number: 9772253
    Abstract: A bladder assembly including a body, a bladder received in the body, the bladder defining an internal volume and including an annular sealing bead, the sealing bead defining an opening into the internal volume, and a sealing member including a shaft having a first end and a second end, and an engagement portion connected proximate the second end, the sealing member being partially received within the internal volume and being moveable between at least a first position, wherein the engagement portion is spaced from the sealing bead, and a second position, wherein the sealing bead is compressed between the engagement portion and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Michael E. Lomax
  • Patent number: 9759252
    Abstract: A shaft assembly includes one or more axially-arranged plies having a plurality of bundles of strands. Each strand is formed of a ultra-high modulus carbon fiber material. One or more strands of glass fiber are wrapped around each bundle of the plurality of bundles. A volume of resin injected into the one or more axially-arranged plies and the assembly is cured via a resin transfer molding process. A method of forming a shaft assembly includes arranging a plurality of strands of ultra-high modulus carbon fiber material into a plurality of bundles. Each bundle of the plurality of bundles is wrapped with one or more strands of glass fiber material. The plurality of bundles are arranged into one or more axially-extending plies at a mandrel. A volume of resin is injected into the plurality of bundles and is cured to form the shaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean Nguyen, Geoffrey Clive Robert Davis
  • Patent number: 9752951
    Abstract: An inflatable, balloon-type catheter apparatus which is conformable to fit most all intake and exhaust systems to delivery pressure (with or without smoke) to test the fluid integrity of the fluid system. The device is configured to be inserted into the canal of the intake or exhaust system and inflated to seal off the fluid system. The pressurized smoke is passed through the inflated inlet adapter to test for leaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: REDLINE DETECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Parker, Kenneth A. Pieroni
  • Patent number: 9741473
    Abstract: The present invention is a cable, which carries signal, having an integrated coiling and reinforcing wrapper. The cable has a segment near an end that is stiffer than the cable generally. This segment can be bent by hand, and once bent, will retain its bent shape. If the flexible part of the cable is wrapped into a coil, or otherwise gathered together, then the stiffer portion can be bent around the gathered portion to secure it in its gathered form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Hess, Joseph Tseng, Kris Verstockt, Hui-Hsiu Hsu, Daowu Ye
  • Patent number: 9730682
    Abstract: A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Ryan, Kevin John Wilcox, Oliver Gorst
  • Patent number: 9593784
    Abstract: A knit fabric suitable as a reinforcement for elastomeric articles comprises a plurality of reinforcement yarns wherein each course of the fabric comprises either a first or second yarn, the modulus of the first yarn being different from the modulus of the second yarn, and the courses comprising the first and second yarns are arranged in one of the following sequences, (a) alternating courses comprise first and second yarns respectively, (b) the courses form a repeat pattern of, in order, a course comprising a first yarn, two courses comprising a second yarn and a course comprising a first yarn or (c) the courses form a repeat pattern of, in order, a course comprising a second yarn, two courses comprising a first yarn and a course comprising a second yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: David William Litchfield, Carlo Fiorella
  • Patent number: 9593785
    Abstract: A method is provided for connecting a tubular structural element to a braided hose. The method includes placing the braided hose in the tubular structural element, placing a blow hose in the braided hose and applying internal pressure to expand the braided hose into contact with the tubular structural member. Heat then is applied to cure an adhesion promoter to achieve a positive materially integral connection of the braided profile to the tubular structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Norman Koehler, Ralph Renz, Philipp Scheiner, Jens Bohlien, Marco Geuther
  • Patent number: 9391489
    Abstract: A coupling apparatus (20) is provided for transferring energy to or from a flywheel. The coupling apparatus comprises first (22) and second (24) movable members, each having one or magnets (30, 34) arranged thereon, wherein the first movable member (22) is arranged to be coupled to a flywheel. The magnetic strength of a first magnet (30) arranged on the first movable member (22) exceeds the magnetic strength of a second magnet (34) arranged on the second movable member (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ricardo UK Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Farquhar Atkins, Hing Wung To, Joshua Jonathan Dalby, Simon Shepherd, Jonathan Davis, Matthew George Child
  • Patent number: 9353893
    Abstract: Pipe sections and methods for forming pipe sections are disclosed. A pipe section includes a hollow body formed from a metal material, the hollow body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior. The pipe section further includes a barrier layer surrounding and bonded to the hollow body, the barrier layer having an inner surface and an outer surface. The barrier layer is formed from a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic material. Such pipe sections may be lightweight and flexible while exhibiting improved strength characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Michael A Ruby, David W. Eastep, Aaron H. Johnson, Rong Luo, Joseph J. Grenci, Christopher McGrady, Xinyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9022077
    Abstract: The composite tube comprises a tubular arrangement of knitted fiber characterized by a plurality of interlocking loops. Selected knitted patterns provide desired density or spacing between fibers. Selected fibers may include materials such as Kevlar®, carbon fiber, and combinations thereof. The tubular knitted pattern allows for variable electrical, mechanical and geometrical options. A matrix material is applied over the knitted fiber pattern and is allowed to cure. The matrix material may include a combination of resin and epoxy constituents. The matrix material may be applied by a vacuum bag molding process. Electrical and mechanical properties can also be controlled by selecting desired resin and epoxy constituents. The flexible knitted reinforcing layer allows use of an inflatable bladder to hold the reinforcing layer in the desired shape, thereby facilitating tube constructions of varying shapes and diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Statler, III, Clifton P. Breay
  • Patent number: 9010380
    Abstract: A seamless and integrated textile innerduct having: a warp composed of polyester monofilament yarns and a weft composed of polyester multifilament yarns, wherein the warp has 70-85 ends per inch, the weft has 14-25 ends per inch, the warp and weft are integrated seamlessly to form an elongated enclosure having breaking strength of at least 1000 pounds, a vertical retraction rate of less than 3% at 150° C. for a duration of one hour, a longitudinal shrinkage rate of less than 3% at ?80° C.; a pulling strip is placed inside the enclosure; the pulling strip is made of polyester multifilament yarns; and the inner duct is flexible and stretchable longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Changzhou Nanbo Composite Materia Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoping Zhang, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8985159
    Abstract: A flexible hose with knitted reinforcement has at least one inner tubular layer made of polymer material defining a longitudinal axis and at least one knitted reinforcement layer wound on the inner layer and having at least a first and a second series of yarns spiral wound on the inner layer and knitted together to form respective mesh courses that are inclined with respect to the axis and respective mesh wales substantially parallel to the axis. The mesh wales of the first series of yarns are superimposed on the second series of yarns to define a single-layer reinforcement knitting. A manufacturing method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gianmarco Caneva, Luigino Caneva
  • Patent number: 8925592
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes an elongate wall having opposite edges extending parallel to a central axis of the sleeve. The wall is woven with warp yarns extending parallel to the axis and fill yarns extending transverse to the warp yarns. The warp yarns include monofilament yarns within an intermediate region of the wall and multifilament yarns within opposite edge regions of the wall to enhance abrasion resistance and curl, respectively, and the fill yarns include monofilament yarns larger in diameter than the fill monofilament yarns to provide further abrasion resistance, enhanced curl strength and multifilament yarns to provide increased coverage, maintain flexibility, and to maintain the warp monofilaments in their intended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventor: Emi Itoh
  • Patent number: 8919389
    Abstract: A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: AGA Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Sara Jane Gries
  • Publication number: 20140352833
    Abstract: A method for cutting a wound hose (1), made form mutually engaging windings (11, 12, 13, 14) of a metallic tape (2), with the wound hose (1) being welded in a predetermined axial area (10) and then cut within the area (10) essentially in a plane (6) extending radially, with the wound hose (1) being axially compressed in the predetermined area prior to welding such that in the area (10) a mutual contacting of the windings (11, 12, 13, 14) occurs. The welding is performed along a predetermined number of windings (11-14) in the area (10), and the welding energy required for welding the windings is introduced via the area of the winding hose into it. Additionally, an accordingly produced wound hose (1) is provided and a device suitable for its production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: WITZENMANN GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Farr
  • Patent number: 8858530
    Abstract: A catheter includes an inner layer, a braid, an outer layer, and a distal tip. A recessed region having a first side and a second side is formed in a distal end portion of the braid, a length of the first side being longer than the sum of a wire width of a first wire and a distance between two adjacent first wires, a length of the second side being longer than the sum of a wire width of a second wire and a distance between two adjacent second wires. The distal tip is bonded to the inner layer in the recessed region. By providing the recessed region, the number of peaks formed in the distal end portion of the braid is made smaller than that in the existing case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nishigishi, Fumiyoshi Ashima, Shuichi Kuwada
  • Publication number: 20140246109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective sheath comprising an assembly of at least one electrically non-conductive thread, referred to as a core thread, which contributes to the final shape given to the sheath, and electrically conductive threads, as well as at least one protective film combined with all or part of one of the surfaces of the sheath, and characterized in that the protective film is combined by welding. Such assembly of the film by welding and not sewing ensures that the sheath is not damaged during its manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: AERAZUR
    Inventors: Patrick Walton, Brian Albert Wells