D04C 3/40
Braiding or lacing machines: for making tubular braids by circulating strand supplies
Official title: for making tubular braids by circulating strand supplies around braiding centre at equal distances
D04C3/40 (Braiding or lacing machines: for making tubular braids by circulating strand supplies) appears on 173 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04C- Granted patents
- 173
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 261
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Three dimensional braid18 Aug 2026US 12,709,828 B1A&P Technology, Inc.
- Braiding machine and methods of use11 Aug 2026US 12,703,936 B2Inceptus Medical, LLC
- Thermoplastic braiding for the manufacture of composite articles9 Jun 2026US 12,649,289 B2The Boeing Company
- Assembly with integral digital identification encoding2 Jun 2026US 12,644,210 B2Techflex Inc.
- Braiding machine31 Mar 2026US 12,590,391 B2Fuse London Ltd
- Braided medical device and method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071361 A1KA Medical, LLC
- Extended inner profile for mandrel for use in forming braided cmc structures22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022501 A1Rtx Corporation
- Braiding machine and methods of use25 Sep 2025US 2025/0297412 A1Inceptus Medical, LLC
- Extended inner profile for mandrel for use in forming braided cmc structures21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263872 A1Rtx Corporation
- Methods of treating a vessel using an aspiration pattern24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235221 A1Insera Therapeutics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Braided, branched, implantable device and processes for manufacture thereof479US 6,652,571 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Process for manufacturing a braided bifurcated stent458US 6,622,604 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Braiding mechanism and methods of use255US 8,261,648 B1Sequent Medical, Inc. · 2012
- Three-dimensional braided stent235US 6,342,068 B12002
- Process for manufacturing three-dimensional braided covered stent232US 5,718,159 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1998