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US 11,535,962 B2Granted
Weaving assembly and method of using
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorMichael G. McCaffrey
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Abstract
Disclosed is a weaving assembly including a rotatable base, a base positional controller, a weave control grid, a warp fiber support, warp fiber arms, a warp fiber arm positional controller and a fill fiber wand.
Claims20
A weaving assembly comprising:
- a weaving apparatus that includes a rotatable base and a weave control grid,
- a base positional controller that moves the weaving apparatus,
- a warp fiber support that locates warp fibers,
- warp fiber arms that manipulate warp fibers, the warp fibers passing through the weave control grid,
- a warp fiber arm positional controller that moves the warp fiber arms relative to a fill fiber wand, and
- wherein the fill fiber wand positions a fill fiber between warp fibers;
- wherein the warp fiber support comprises movable segments, the movable segments of the warp fiber support passing through an opening in a rim;
- and
- wherein the movable segments have a slot with a pin to prevent the movable segments from being removed from the rim.
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A weaving method comprising:
- providing a weaving apparatus that includes a rotatable base and a weave control grid, and warp fiber arms that manipulate warp fibers, the warp fibers passing through the weave control grid;
- placing a first section of a fill fiber between warp fibers, forming a pick, rotating a base to reposition the warp fibers, and placing a second section of the fill fiber between warp fibers to form a woven structure, wherein at least a portion of the warp fibers are introduced to the woven structure using the weave control grid and at least a portion of the warp fibers are in contact with at least a portion of a warp fiber support;
- wherein the warp fiber support comprises movable segments, the movable segments of the warp fiber support passing through an opening in a rim;
- and
- wherein the movable segments have a slot with a pin to prevent the movable segments from being removed from the rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.