# US 12,768,101 B2 · Cut resistant jacket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,768,101 B2 - Document ID: US12768101B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/685,632 - Filed: 2022-09-14 - Published: 2024-10-24 - Granted: 2026-10-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-14 - Assignees: Lankhorst Euronete Portugal, S.A. - Applicants: Lankhorst Euronete Portugal, S.A. - Inventors: Jacinto Daniel Vaz Teixeira; José Antonio Canedo Duarte Rocha; Leandro Francisco Haach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12768101B2 ## CPC - D07B 1/02: Ropes built-up from fibrous or filamentary material, e.g. of vegetable origin, of animal origin, regenerated cellulose, plastics - D07B 2201/1014: characterised by being laid or braided from several sub-ropes or sub-cables, e.g. hawsers - D07B 2201/1016: characterised by the use of different strands - D07B 2201/1096: braided - D07B 2201/2003: flat - D07B 2201/2023: with core - D07B 2201/2039: three to eight wires or filaments respectively forming a single layer - D07B 2201/209: comprising braided structures - D07B 2205/2039: Polyesters - D07B 2501/2061: Ship moorings - D07B: ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL (joining ropes or cables to one another or to other objects B65H69/00, F16G11/00; {mountaineering ropes A63B29/02}; mechanical finishing or dressing of ropes D02J; {braiding D04C}; decorative ropes or cords D04D; suspension cables for bridges E01D19/16; specially adapted for driving, or for being driven by, pulleys or other gearing elements F16G9/00; electric cables or joints insofar as electrical aspects are essential H01B, H01R) ## Abstract The invention is directed to a jacketed mooring rope (1) comprising a core rope (2) and a jacket (3) surrounding said core rope, wherein the jacket comprises a braided layer of level 2 braided strands (30) and wherein said level 2 braided strands each comprise a plurality of level 1 braided strands (40). In another aspect, the invention is directed to a rope (30) for use in the jacket (3) of the jacketed mooring rope (1), wherein said rope (30) comprises a plurality of level 1 braided strands (40) that each comprise a plurality of braided yarns (50) surrounding one or more core yarns (51), wherein the braided yarns and the core yarns comprise fibers having a yarn count of at least 440 den; a tenacity of at least 5 g/den; and/or a modulus of at least 100 g/den. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A jacketed mooring rope comprising a core rope and a jacket surrounding said core rope, wherein the jacket comprises a braided layer of level 2 braided strands and wherein said level 2 braided strands each comprise a braided plurality of level 1 braided strands, wherein the level 1 braided strands are level 1 flat braided strands. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 braided strands each comprise a braided plurality of yarns surrounding one or more core yarns. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 braided strands each comprise at least 3 braided yarns surrounding one or more core yarns. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 2, wherein the level 1 braided strands each comprise two or more core yarns. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 braided strands have a diameter of less than 5 mm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 flat braided strands have a smallest diameter of less than 3 mm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein each level 2 braided strand comprises 3 to 64 level 1 braided strands. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 2 braided strands are level 2 flat braided strands having a thickness of less than 15 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the core rope comprises polyester strands that are braided together. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 2 braided strands and the level 1 braided strands comprise fibers having a yarn count of at least 440 den; a tenacity of at least 5 g/den; and/or a modulus of at least 100 g/den. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the jacket is free of a metal wire. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the jacket is a single braided layer of the level 2 braided strands. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the jacket and/or the jacketed mooring rope has a density of less than 1 g/cm3. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the core rope comprises the braided plurality of level 1 braided strands that each comprise a braided plurality of yarns surrounding one or more core yarns and wherein the braided plurality of yarns and the core yarns comprise fibers having a yarn count of at least 440 den; a tenacity of at least 5 g/den; and/or a modulus of at least 100 g/den. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 14, wherein the jacketed mooring rope is comprised in a jacket of a jacketed rope to provide cut-resistance to the jacketed rope. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 2, wherein the level 1 braided strands each comprise two core yarns. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 braided strands have a diameter of between 1 and 4 mm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 1 braided strands are level 1 flat braided strands having a smallest diameter of between 1 and 2 mm. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 1, wherein the level 2 braided strands are level 2 flat braided strands having a thickness of between 4 and 10 mm. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The jacketed mooring rope according to claim 14, wherein the braided plurality of level 1 braided strands each comprise a braided plurality of yarns surrounding two core yarns.