Including Strand Which Is Stated To Have Specific Attributes (e.g., Heat Or Fire Resistance, Chemical Or Solvent Resistance, High Absorption For Aqueous Composition, Water Solubility, Heat Shrinkability, Etc.) Patents (Class 442/301)
  • Publication number: 20130217289
    Abstract: A one-dimensional super capacitor thread has thin conductive wire electrode. An active layer of silicon nanoparticles and polyaniline surrounds the electrode. An electrolyte layer surrounds the active layer. The electrolyte layer can be a layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). A super capacitor can be formed with two or more of the threads, such as in a twisted pair configuration. The dimensions of the super capacitor can approximate standard threads used in clothing, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: NanoSi Advanced Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Munir H. Nayfeh, Sui-Tung Yau, Ammar M. Nayfeh
  • Patent number: 8501317
    Abstract: Cloth, in which air permeability is variable by energization, includes: a fibrous object composed of composite fibers, each of the composite fibers including: an electrical-conductive polymeric material; and a material different from the electrical-conductive polymeric material, the different material being directly stacked on the electrical-conductive polymeric material; and electrodes which are attached to the fibrous object, and energize the electrical-conductive polymeric material. Each of the composite fibers has a structure in which the material different from the electrical-conductive polymeric material is stacked on at least a part of a surface of the electrical-conductive polymeric material, or a structure in which either one of the electrical-conductive polymeric material and the material different from the electrical-conductive polymeric material penetrates the other material in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Miura
  • Publication number: 20130189890
    Abstract: Different weaving materials, apparatuses, and methods are provided for producing woven textiles having different functional and aesthetic characteristics as compared to woven textiles produced using conventional methods. The different weaving materials comprise reactive materials or combined materials produced by an intermittent splicer. The different apparatuses include finishing devices for introducing organically-shaped lateral edges and interior apertures, and three-dimensional effectors for introducing three-dimensional aspects into a product as it is being woven. Weaving methods include simultaneously weaving fine denier panels and coarse denier panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Tory M. Cross, Bhupesh Dua
  • Publication number: 20130149932
    Abstract: The objective of this invention is to enable the production of colored shaped flame retardant cellulosic articles such as fibers and to use them to produce fabrics and similar items simply and at lower cost than if they were colored by dyeing after production. A product has been invented that is a fiber which is colored using an included pigment during its manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albert Leitner, Gert Kroner, Tom Burrow, Gabriele Emlinger, Ulf Mathes, Peter Wessely
  • Publication number: 20130149933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cellulosic regenerated fiber which contains an incorporated luminous pigment and an incorporated color pigment and the use of these for the production of yarns, textile fabrics and an article of reflective clothing and a process for the production of these fibers. This fiber satisfies the demands of standard EN 471, standard EN 1150, standard CAN/CSA, standard ANSI/ISEA and standard BS 471 with regard to light density, the color space and fastness values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Lenzing AG
    Inventors: Ksenija Varga, Gert Kroner, Peter Wessely, Johann Männer
  • Publication number: 20130139306
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun yarn, woven fabric, and protective garment, comprising a blend of 60 to 85 parts by weight of polyoxadiazole staple fiber and 15 to 40 parts by weight modacrylic staple fiber; based on 100 total parts of the polyoxadiazole staple fiber and modacrylic staple fiber in the yarn. This invention also relates to methods for making the yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Reiyao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130137327
    Abstract: An anti-interference cover made of a compound material for an electronic product has a fiber fabric. The fiber fabric is made of a compound material to take the form of a case, and has at least one unblocking area, each one of the at least one unblocking area having multiple non-conductive fibers interwoven and aligned longitudinally and transversely, and multiple conductive fibers interwoven and aligned longitudinally and transversely and not covered by the at least one unblocking area. When the cover is assembled with an electronic product, the at least one unblocking area of the cover allows electromagnetic wave transmitted and received by communication components to pass therethrough, thereby preventing blocking signals and providing a cover with high strength, thin profile and light weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: KAI-HSI TSENG
  • Publication number: 20130130008
    Abstract: Provided is an abrasion-resistant polyester fiber, which has, in particular, a strength within a specific range, an elongation within a specific range and a Young's modulus falling within a specific range in a specific elongation range on a stress-strain curve, to improve the abrasion resistance of a woven/knitted product for clothing using, in particular, a fine size polyester fiber. The polyester fiber is an abrasion-resistant polyester fiber comprising ethylene terephthalate as a main repeating unit, characterized by satisfying the following requirements: (1) the fineness being from 8 dtex to 200 dtex inclusive; (2) the single yarn fineness being from 1.0 dtex to 4.0 dtex inclusive; (3) the breaking strength being 3.5 cN/dtex or greater; (4) the breaking elongation being from 20% to 50% inclusive; and (5) the minimum differential Young's modulus being 20 cN/dtex or less in an elongation range of from 2% to 5% inclusive on a stress-strain curve of the fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Junko Deguchi, Hiroshi Nishizaki, Yoshimasa Notsu
  • Patent number: 8428686
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a physiological parameter includes a garment that includes a fabric that exhibits both a light transmission property and a light reflection property. The amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, such as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one source of radiation having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers and at least one detector responsive to such incident radiation. The source and detector are associated with the fabric such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric when the fabric stretches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Textronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia Kuo, George W. Coulston
  • Publication number: 20130090032
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to high strength polyester fiber for industrial application such as a seat belt, webbing and the like, particularly to polyester fiber having elongation of 0.4% or more at stress of 1.0 g/d, elongation of 3.5% or more at stress of 4.0 g/d, and elongation of 6.0% or more at stress of 7.0 g/d, as measured at room temperature, and a method for manufacturing the same. The polyester fiber according to the present invention has high strength, low modulus and high elongation thereby securing excellent mechanical properties, and thus, a seat belt having excellent impact absorption rate, and remarkably improved abrasion resistance and heat resistant breaking strength retention may be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES INC
    Inventors: Young-Jo Kim, Gi-Woong Kim, Byoung-Wook An, Sang-Mok Lee, Young-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 8409486
    Abstract: The invention describes a new synthetic fiber material of polyhydroxyether, as well as a melt-spinning method for its production. The new material can be used, in particular, for stabilization of the reinforcement fibers of high-performance fiber composite materials before they are embedded in the matrix material. During this usage, the polyhydroxyether fiber material dissolves at a temperature above its glass transition temperature entirely in the matrix material, so that the reinforcement fibers can be arranged largely free of kinking. In addition, it forms cross-links with the matrix material to form a homogeneous matrix and thus does not constitute a disruptive third phase in the composite material. The compatibility of the matrix and reinforcement fiber is also improved. It was possible to improve the bending strength of test slabs by 12% as compared to that of reference slabs with polyester filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: EMS-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Simon Sutter, Jürgen Spindler
  • Patent number: 8394731
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printed wiring board which attains aims of printed wiring boards required for realizing high-speed, high-frequency semiconductor devices, namely a printed wiring board having low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss tangent and low linear expansion coefficient. Also disclosed is a composite woven fabric suitably used as a base material for such a printed wiring board. Specifically disclosed is a composite woven fabric containing quartz glass fibers and polyolefin fibers, in which the ratio of the quartz glass fibers to the composite woven fabric is set at 10 vol % or more and 90 vol % or less. It is preferred that the quartz glass fibers each have a filament diameter of 3 ?m or more and 16 ?m or less, and the composite woven fabric has a thickness of 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Akira Fujinoki, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Tsukasa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8389100
    Abstract: A textile fabric has at least one raised surface incorporating multicomponent fibers formed of at least a first polymer and a second polymer disposed in side-by-side relationship. The first polymer and the second polymer exhibit differential thermal elongation, which causes the multicomponent fibers to bend or curl and reversibly recover in response to changes in temperature, thereby adjusting insulation performance of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: MMI-IPCO, LLC, Mide Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, Veronica Hunt, Brian Durant, David Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20130047830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible article having resistance against ballistic impacts wherein said article comprises a stack of at least two unconnected plies, each ply containing at least two connected monolayers containing polymeric tapes and wherein said monolayers are free of any matrix material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Roelof Marissen, Leonard Josef Arnold Nielaba
  • Publication number: 20130045653
    Abstract: A heat-resistant flame-retardant protective suit fabric of the present invention is formed of a uniform blended spun yarn including 25 to 75 mass % of polyetherimide fiber, 20 to 50 mass % of at least one fiber selected from wool and flame-retardant rayon, and 5 to 25 mass % of para-aramid fiber when the spun yarn is 100 mass %. The fabric experiences no heat shrinkage when exposed to a heat flux at 80 kW/m2 ±5% for 3 seconds in accordance with ISO 9151 Determination of Heat Transmission on Exposure to Flame. And the char length is not more than 10 cm in the longitudinal and horizontal directions in the flammability test specified in JIS L 1091A-4. Thereby, the present invention provides a protective suit fabric that provides comfort in wearing even if the suit is worn in the hot seasons or even if the wearer perspires during exertion. The fabric has high heat resistance and high flame retardance, favorable dye affinity, and the fabric can be produced at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V., THE JAPAN WOOL TEXTILE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Takahashi, Hideki Omori
  • Publication number: 20130037248
    Abstract: A fabric for thermal management including the cooling of an object, such as a person's skin. The fabric is formed of a plurality of functional zones arranged to extend the period of cooling without the use of artificial cooling chemicals. The functional zones include one or more of three different functional zone types. The first type diverts moisture. The second type retains and stores moisture. The third type absorbs moisture. One of the functional zones may be punched to create perforations to provide fabric flexibility and to assist in liquid diversion from within the fabric. An anchor system facilitates retention of the fabric on the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: TEMPNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: TEMPNOLOGY LLC
  • Publication number: 20120321832
    Abstract: An extruded oriented thermo-plastic polymeric element for industrial textiles, and textiles comprising polymeric elements. The polymeric elements are constructed of a material selected from yarn material, fiber material and film, and comprise a thermoplastic polymer, and at least one dry lubricant, selected from molybdenum disulphide, tungsten disulphide, boron nitride, and a soft metal, the dry lubricant comprising particulate matter having an average particle size between about 0.05? and about 100?, and present in the polymeric element in an amount from between about 0.1% and about 10% parts by weight, based on a total weight of the polymeric element. The polymeric elements can be used as yarns in woven and non woven textiles, and as seaming elements. The polymeric elements provide increased abrasion resistance in industrial textiles, and reduced co-efficient of friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ASTENJOHNSON, INC.
    Inventor: Scott Makepeace
  • Publication number: 20120289107
    Abstract: A specially engineered composite fiber is provided that is a combination of weight imparting particles and polymeric compounds, with a specific gravity totaling about 2 or greater. The composite fiber can be extruded and melt-spun like a normal polymeric fiber, thus creating a relatively heavy, weighted material fiber, sheet or fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: OSUS, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Beissinger, Gregory Cordina, Steven Dong, Corey Lerch
  • Publication number: 20120270111
    Abstract: Polyolefin woven and nonwoven fibers, filaments and fabrics made therefrom which comprise a melt blend which comprises (a) a polyolefin; and (b) at least one compound of the formula (I) R1-(hydrophilic oligomer) ??(I) wherein R1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl of 22 to 40 carbon atoms and the hydrophilic oligomer is a homo- or co-oligomer consisting of monomer units derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, epichlorhydrin, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethylene imine, caprolactone, vinyl alcohol and vinyl acetate; and wherein the hydrophilic oligomer consists of between 2 and 10 monomer units, exhibit excellent durable wettability. The fabrics are useful in disposable diapers, training pants, feminine napkins, tampons, incontinence care products, wet and dry wipes, wound dressings, surgical capes, filter medial, battery separators and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: TECHMER PM, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng-Shing Li, Andrew J. Leggio, George H. Menzie, David Devore, John J. McNamara, TaHau Yu, Douglas W. Horsey
  • Patent number: 8287509
    Abstract: Hydrophilized compositions including normally hydrophobic thermoplastic polymers, e.g., polypropylene, and hydrophilizing amounts of anionic surfactants, e.g., sodium alkylsulfonates, are shaped into such articles as molded objects having hydrophilic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Recherches et Technologies
    Inventors: Daniel Joubert, Marc Balastre, Antoine Guiu
  • Patent number: 8282232
    Abstract: The invention discloses an illuminating textile article including a diode-based lighting device and a textile body. The diode-based lighting device has M contact points where M is an integer equal to or larger than 2. The textile body is constituted by N conductive yarns and at least one non-conductive yarn where N is an integer equal to or larger than 2, and provides M? conductive exposed portions of the conductive yarns which are separated by the at least one non-conductive yarn from one another. Each of the M contact points corresponds to one of the M? conductive exposed portions and is fixed to the corresponding conductive exposed portion. The conductive yarns provide terminals for electric connection of a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Fu-biau Hsu
    Inventors: Fu-Biau Hsu, Chun-Jung Kuo
  • Patent number: 8277941
    Abstract: The present invention provides elastic polyurethane yarns which possess excellent elongation, recoverability, heat resistance and chemical resistance, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The elastic polyurethane yarns comprise a polyurethane being composed mainly of a polymeric diol and a diisocyanate, and contains through incorporation a compound having within the molecule a phosphorus-nitrogen interatomic bond(s). The process can produce the elastic polyurethane yarns by adding to a solution of the polyurethane a compound having within the molecule a phosphorus-nitrogen interatomic bond(s), followed by spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Opelontex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Masashi Hara, Tatsuaki Kanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20120225229
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an airbag module ensuring that when an airbag fabricated using a fabric composed of a polyamide yarn excellent in heat resistance is deployed by an inflator gas, the deployment occurs without loss of the gas and an excessive amount of generated gas is not necessary, as a result, the inflator is reduced in weight, and the airbag module of the present invention comprises an airbag fabric composed of a polyamide yarn, wherein the air permeability of the fabric under a pressure of 200 kPa is from 10 to 200 cc/cm2/sec and in the thermal stress of the constituent yarn as measured under the conditions of an initial load of 0.02 cN/dtex, a yarn length of 25 cm and a temperature rise rate of 80° C./min, the summed thermal stress of the total of the warp yarn and the weft yarn at 230° C. is from 0.33 to 1.20 cN/dtex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: Fumiaki Ise
  • Patent number: 8252705
    Abstract: A bi-layer, woven geotextile fabric has interwoven first and second layers. The first layer is over and under woven through the second layer in a pre-determined pattern so that the first layer has portions which face a first side of the second layer and portions which face a second side of the second layer. Monofilaments in the warp direction of the first layer have a pre-determined differential heat shrinkage characteristic that is greater than the monofilaments in the warp direction of the second layer. Closed cells defined by the pattern of the over and under weave are disposed on the first and second sides of the second layer. Shrinkage of the monofilaments in the warp direction of the first layer provide for a separation of a portion of the second layer from the first layer at the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Nicolon Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Nelson King, David Michael Jones, Greg L. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 8236714
    Abstract: A fabric having a camouflage appearance in the near infrared (NIR) spectrum with a substantially a single color appearance in the visible (VIS) spectrum is provided. The novel fabric may include at least two synthetic polymer multifilament yarns. The multifilament yarns are selected from 3 types of multifilament yarns: multifilaments comprising carbon black, multifilaments comprising pigments which modify the NIR reflectance characteristics of the multifilaments, and multifilaments substantially free of additives capable of modifying the NIR reflectance characteristics of the multifilaments. The fabric is dyed to a substantially single color appearance in the visible spectrum. In general, the fabric has a NIR spectrum comprising two reflectance curves having about 10% to about 85% reflectance separated by about 5% reflectance in a range of wavelengths from about 700 to about 860 nanometers (nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Invista North America S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Kevin A. Frankel
  • Publication number: 20120190260
    Abstract: The present invention provides a woven and knitted fabric, which prevents sliding and slipping of garments and the like, has excellent wearing feeling, and has excellent shape stability and durability. The woven and knitted fabric of the present invention includes constituent fibers containing 50% or more of polyurethane elastic fibers, the polyurethane elastic fibers containing 40% or more of heat-fusible polyurethane elastic fibers. The woven and knitted fabric has heat-fusion parts in which the heat-fusible polyurethane elastic fibers are heat-fused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: NISSHINBO TEXTILE INC.
    Inventor: Miyuki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20120190259
    Abstract: Three-layer quilted textile material is suitable for evaporative cooling garments and articles. Superabsorbent layer is a non-woven felt; a blend of cellulose and polyacrylate fibers bonded together to form a non-linting fibrous core. Absorbent layer has inner and outer facings of nylon fabrics for controlled transpiration of water vapor without surface dampness. Cooling material requires immersion in water for one to two minutes and useful cooling time is five to ten hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Douglas R. Frost
  • Patent number: 8183167
    Abstract: Substrates that exhibit antimicrobial and/or antifungal characteristics that persist through the useful life of the substrate, and more particularly textile substrates infused with or covalently bound to well-dispersed antimicrobial nanoparticles, such as silver and/or copper nanoparticles, which exhibit persistent and demonstrable bacteriocidal, bacteriostatic, fungicidal, fungistatic behavior through numerous wash cycles. Methods of manufacturing such substrates are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: NanoHorizons, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Delattre, Daniel J. Hayes, Joseph Cuiffi, Matthew Henry, James Kundrat, Paul Carrigan
  • Publication number: 20120108121
    Abstract: Transparent fluorescent structures comprising a matrix and fluorescent nanoparticles disposed within the matrix. Each fluorescent nanoparticle comprises a substrate nanoparticle having a surface; and one or more fluorescent molecules that fluoresce light. Each fluorescent molecule is bonded to at least one reactive bonding site on the surface of the substrate nanoparticle. The fluorescent molecules are distributed among the substrate nanoparticles such that self-quenching of the fluorescent molecules is eliminated or at least reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jimmie R. Baran, JR., Haeen Sykora, Duane D. Fansler, Bruce B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8145291
    Abstract: A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers. The amount of useful light reflected by the fabric into an aperture of acceptance defined with respect to an imaginary axis extending from the fabric relative to the amount of light lost to the aperture of acceptance detectably changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector, with the detector disposed in the aperture of acceptance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Textronics, Inc.
    Inventor: George W. Coulston
  • Publication number: 20120064790
    Abstract: The invention relates to ethylene diphosphinic acids and salts thereof of general formula A-P(O)(OX)—CR1R2—CR3R4—P(O)(OX)-A, in which A, H and/or CR5R6—OH, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 are the same or different, and denote independently from each other H, C1-C20 alkyl, C6-C20 aryl and or C6-C20 aralkyl, and X denotes H, an alkali metal, an element of the second main and secondary group, an element of the third main and secondary group, an element of the fourth main and secondary group, an element of the fifth main and secondary group, an element of the sixth secondary group, an element of the seventh secondary group, an element of the eight secondary group and/or a nitrogen base. Also disclosed are a method for producing same and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Harald BAUER, Werner KRAUSE, Peter STANIEK
  • Patent number: 8129295
    Abstract: An article of manufacture for warming human extremities via graduated thermal insulation with a blanket comprised of concentrations of and transitions to and from concentrations of various types of woven thread fabric or non-woven fabric, having various properties of thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Warmer Weave, Inc.
    Inventor: Alvin L. Pepper Aasgaard
  • Patent number: 8123910
    Abstract: A papermaker's fabric for use as a forming fabric. The fabric may include bondable or meltable monofilament yarns which may be formed from materials that retain substantial strength and tenacity after thermal treatment. Further, the remaining yarns in the forming fabric may be formed from materials that have a higher melting temperature than the monofilament material that will be thermally bonded or melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventor: Dana Eagles
  • Publication number: 20120043742
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fabric for an airbag including a polyester fiber, and particularly to a polyester fabric for an airbag of which toughness is 3.5 to 6.0 kJ/m3 and tearing strength measured according to the ASTM D 2261 TONGUE method is 18 to 30 kgf, wherein the fabric includes polyester fiber of which toughness is 70 to 95 J/m3, a method of preparing the same, and an airbag for a car including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyung Kim, Dong-Jin Kwak, Jung-Hoon Youn, Sang-Mok Lee, Hee-Jun Kim, Ki-Jeong Kim, Sang-Kil Lee
  • Publication number: 20120029090
    Abstract: Modified alkoxylation products of the formula (I), their use and processes for preparing them
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Bastian Matthias Brugger, Melanie Roessing, Matthias Lobert, Frank Schubert, Tammo Boinowitz, Michael Ferenz
  • Publication number: 20120028529
    Abstract: Textile article, for example a garment, particularly an under-garment, or bed linen, for patients affected by a skin disease, said article comprising at least one textile layer comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibres, said fibres being present at least at one surface of the textile layer intended to be in contact with the patient's skin. The PTFE fibres make it possible to obtain a very smooth surface, which is not sticky in the least and provides a pleasing sensation of freshness and slipperiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: LENZI EGISTO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Fenzi
  • Publication number: 20110315180
    Abstract: Provided are a lightweight, compact reinforcing tape capable of improving a tensile strength. A reinforcing tape for reinforcing a tensile strength of a cloth includes weft threads which constitute a weave structure of the reinforcing tape, and warp threads which constitute a weave structure of the reinforcing tape, wherein a part of the warp threads are made of a high-strength fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Finetrack
    Inventor: Yotaro Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20110306259
    Abstract: A cloth material in a raw fabric state includes a conductive fiber, and another fiber that is nonconductive. The conductive fiber is arranged along a width direction of the cloth material in a raw fabric state. A first weave portion that is used to create a product such as a seat cover is established at a center, in the width direction, of the cloth material in a raw fabric state. A second weave portion, in which the conductive fiber is arranged in a non-interfering way so as to not go over and under, or be intertwined with, the other fiber in the second weave portion, extends from both ends of the first weave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki KUNISADA, Takazou FUJII
  • Patent number: 8062985
    Abstract: A flexible composite multiple layer fire-resistant insulation structure has a primary facing surface and a secondary facing surface. There is at least one dimensionally stable membrane having a primary membrane surface and a secondary membrane surface. At least a portion of the secondary facing surface is attached to the primary membrane surface. There is also at least one lofted insulative layer having a primary insulative surface and a secondary insulative surface. The at least one woven fabric facing layer may be formed of various materials, including amorphous silica glass and S-glass fiberglass. Different weaving patterns may be used to weave the facing layer. The facing layer may include a fire resistive treatment, which may in turn include a phosphate containing compound, and more particularly, may include dicalcium phosphate. In certain embodiments, multiple layers of the above are provided, and the structure may be enclosed in an abrasion resisting sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P Collier, Brian P O'Riordan, Thomas P. McGuire
  • Publication number: 20110275267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arc flash protection, multiple-use nonwoven fabric structure comprising one or more layers having fire resistant properties. The fabric structure has an arc flash facing nonwoven surface, and a nonwoven part of the fabric structure comprises non-inherent, and/or inherently fire resistant fibers, said fibers being mechanically, chemically, or thermally bonded, whereby the fabric structure has a minimum Arc Thermal Protection Value (ATPV) to fabric basis weight ratio of 250 cal/g, preferably greater than 350 cal/g, more preferably greater than 500 cal/g when measured in accordance with ASTM F1959—Standard Test Method for Determining the Arc Rating of Materials for Clothing, and the fabric structure maintains said ATPV to fabric basis weight ratio through at least 25 washing cycles when washed according to AATCC Method 135 (3, 1V, A iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NORAFIN INDUSTRIES (GERMANY) GMBH
    Inventors: Stuart Smith, Marc Jolly, Jos van Hattum, André Lang, Bettina B. Sørensen
  • Publication number: 20110269358
    Abstract: A luminous fabric includes a plurality of first light-reflecting fiber units, a plurality of light-guiding fiber units, and a plurality of light-accumulating fiber units. The first light-reflecting fiber units are directed toward a first direction and spaced apart in intervals. The light-guiding fiber units are directed toward a second direction and spaced apart in intervals. Each light-guiding fiber unit has a lateral light-guiding portion. Some light-accumulating fiber units are drawn through the first light-reflecting fiber units, and some other light-accumulating fiber units are drawn through the light-guiding fiber units. Thereby, the luminous fabric can provide passive illumination when a light source is provided, and provide active illumination in dark settings. The light reflected by the luminous fabric is concentrated and uniformly distributed on one side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: GDH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHI-TSUNG PENG, HSIAO-CHUN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20110268896
    Abstract: A composition comprising an organic fluorophore having a structure of: or a derivative thereof; as well as articles of manufacture marked with the fluorophore, methods for marking articles with the fluorophore, and methods for producing a fluorescent fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Potrawa, Joachim Schulz
  • Publication number: 20110245576
    Abstract: The invention relates to textile fibers at least partially covered with a nanometric-sized semiconducting material having photocatalytic properties for degrading chemical compounds, in particular chemical or biological agents, wherein said semiconducting material is in the form of nanostructure or nanocomposites with a one-dimensional morphology. The textile fibers can be used for application in the military, medical, and civilian domains, etc. The curves 60 and 62 respectively show the photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds at the surface of textile fibers covered with nanostructures or nanocomposites having a one-dimensional morphology according to the invention, and nanoparticles having a granular morphology according to the prior art. The nanostructures are nanocomposites of the invention 60 are more efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Valèrie Keller-Spitzer, Nicolas Keller, Mathieu Grandcolas, Alain Louvet
  • Publication number: 20110197508
    Abstract: A network layer is provided. The network layer (3) comprising at least one thermoplastic biodegradable substance, whereby the network layer (3) exhibits at least one coloured first material (1) in a first direction (4) and at least one coloured second material (2) in a second direction (5), whereby the coloured first material (1) and the coloured second (2) material are in contact with each other and whereby the colouration of the first material and the colouration of the second material is different, characterized in that the first material exhibits a first absorption coefficient and the second material exhibits a second absorption coefficient, being different from the first absorption coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Ives Jean Jenny Ghislain Swennen, Kris Luc Rob Coen
  • Publication number: 20110183419
    Abstract: The invention concerns a novel silica sol material and its use for producing bioabsorbable and biodegradable silica gel materials having improved properties. The materials such as for example fibres, fibrous nonwoven webs, powders, monoliths and/or coatings are used, for example, in medical technology and/or human medicine, in particular for wound treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Innvation GmbH
    Inventor: Walther Glaubitt
  • Publication number: 20110183566
    Abstract: Crosslinkable or crosslinked silicone compositions, forming water-repellent and release coating for a flexible heat sensitive support of paper or polymer, and comprising crosslinking polyorganosiloxanes (POSs) bearing ?Si—H units and unsaturated, preferably ?Si-Vi, vinyl-containing POSs, capable of reacting with the crosslinker by polyaddition, in the presence of platinum in order to form the crosslinked release coating on the flexible support. The object is enabling the coating composition to crosslink instantaneously to produce, on various flexible supports (paper, e.g. glassine, or polymer, e.g. polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate PET), a crosslinked silicone coating leaving the coating machine, with excellent attachment (adhesion) and mechanical strength or cohesion—“Rub-off”—properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: BLUESTAR SILICONES FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Michel Feder, Yassine Maadadi
  • Patent number: 7976946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound-absorbing fabric comprising a glass fabric which is made from glass yarns that are coated with a thermoplastic material, with an opening factor of between 0.5 and 6%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Acoustic Fabric
    Inventors: Alain Tisseyre, Didier Mouraret
  • Publication number: 20110130060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile digital band which is capable of providing a high-speed communication path with surrounding computing devices, through easy and convenient attachment thereof to a conventional garment, and a fabrication method thereof. For this purpose, disclosed herein is a textile digital band comprising a plurality of warps formed parallel to each other in the first direction, and a plurality of wefts formed parallel to each other in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the warp includes at least one digital yarn through which electrical currents can flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Gi Soo Chung, Dae Hoon Lee, Jae Sang An
  • Publication number: 20110117176
    Abstract: Polypropylene fibers and devices that include a fatty acid monoglyceride added to the polypropylene as a melt additive are described. A hydrophilic enhancer material can be advantageously added to the polypropylene as a melt additive to enhance the hydrophilicity of the fibers and devices. An antimicrobial enhancer material can be added to the fibers to enhance the antimicrobial activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas P. Klun, Wayne K. Dunshee, Kevin R. Schaffer, Jeffrey F. Andrews, Debra M. Neu, Matthew T. Scholz
  • Publication number: 20110092937
    Abstract: The instant invention is a polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, fibers made therefrom, and method of making the same. The polyethylene composition according to instant invention comprises: (a) less than or equal to 100 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; and (b) less than 20 percent by weight of units derived from one or more ?-olefin comonomers. The polyethylene composition according to instant invention has a density in the range of 0.920 to 0.970 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of 1.70 to 3.5, a melt index (I2) in the range of 0.2 to 1000 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of less than 2.5, vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Randy E. Pepper, Mridula Kapur, Gert J. Claasen, Edward N. Knickerbocker, Nathan J. Wiker, William J. Michie, JR., Mark B. Davis