US 11,421,356 B2Granted

Braided, reflective textile sleeve and method of construction thereof

AssigneeFederal-Mogul Powertrain LLC

InventorsCassie M. Malloy, Qingtong Ge, Tianqi Gao, Edgar Muela, Danny Winters

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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.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A protective textile sleeve, comprising:

a circumferentially continuous, seamless tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends, said tubular wall having a first set of yarns and a second set of yarns braided with one another, wherein said first set of yarns are braided as individual multifilaments and said second set of yarns are braided as bundles, with each bundle including a plurality of monofilaments in side-by-side relation, wherein each bundle of monofilaments extending in a first helical direction is spaced from an adjacent bundle of monofilaments extending in the first helical direction by at least one of said individual multifilaments extending in the first helical direction, and wherein each bundle of monofilaments extending in a second helical direction is spaced from an adjacent bundle of monofilaments extending in the second helical direction by at least one of said individual multifilaments extending in the second helical direction, said tubular wall having a third set of yarns captured between said first and second sets of yarns, said third set of yarns extending generally parallel to said longitudinal axis;
and
a reflective outer layer bonded to an outer surface of the wall,
wherein each bundle includes about 3 monofilaments.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/530,182Filed 8 Dec 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 Dec 2015
Published: US 2017/0167062 A115 Jun 2017
Granted: 23 Aug 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

D04C 1/02
Braid or lace, e.g. pillow-lace; Processes for the manufacture thereof: made from particular materials
D04C 1/06
Braid or lace, e.g. pillow-lace; Processes for the manufacture thereof: braid or lace serving particular purposes
D07B 1/148
Ropes or cables with incorporated auxiliary elements, e.g. for marking, extending throughout the length of the rope or cable: comprising marks or…
H02G 3/0481
Tubings, i.e. having a closed section: with a circular cross-section