D04C 3/02
Braiding or lacing machines: with spool carriers guided by track plates or
Official title: with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
D04C3/02 (Braiding or lacing machines: with spool carriers guided by track plates or) appears on 273 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04C- Granted patents
- 273
- Published applications
- 173
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 418
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 13 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022 | 14 | 10 |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 9 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D04C 3/14Spool carriers127
- D04C 3/24Devices for controlling spool carriers to obtain patterns66
- D04C 3/38Driving-gear61
- D04C 3/08With means for superimposing threads or braids41
- D04C 3/12With means for introducing core threads41
- D04C 3/36Frames40
- D04C 3/04With spool carriers guided and reciprocating in non-endless paths37
- D04C 3/20Arrangement of bobbin heads and guides or track plates in the machine25
Recent patents
- Warp knit and braided fabrics with electrical components29 Sep 2026US 12,747,525 B2Apple Inc.
- Metal matrix composite tape fabrication, braiding, and consolidation to form metal matrix composite parts18 Aug 2026US 12,709,792 B2The Boeing Company
- Three dimensional braid18 Aug 2026US 12,709,828 B1A&P Technology, Inc.
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone11 Aug 2026US 12,703,935 B2Arianegroup SAS
- Braiding machine and methods of use21 Jul 2026US 12,686,958 B2Inceptus Medical, LLC
- Braiding fibers with programmably driven carriers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275593 A1James L. Gallagher, Inc.
- Braider carrier for flat prepreg composite tape10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265967 A1Missouri State University
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389066 A1Arianegroup SAS
- Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198062 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone29 May 2025US 2025/0171937 A1Arianegroup SAS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Braided branching stent, method for treating a lumen therewith, and process for manufacture therefor506US 6,398,807 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Process for manufacturing a braided bifurcated stent458US 6,622,604 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Three-dimensional braided stent235US 6,342,068 B12002
- Process for manufacturing three-dimensional braided covered stent232US 5,718,159 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1998
- Three-dimensional braided covered stent208US 6,592,617 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2003