Ultralight Flat-Weave Fabric Comprising Two Weft Directions
AssigneeTwistperfect, S.L.
InventorsJordi Galan Llongueras, Albert Galan Llongueras
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to an ultralight flat-weave fabric comprising: more than one weft directions that intersect with one another to form a particular angle in relation to the warp, and a warp. According to the invention, the weft and warp are supplied with fibres or fabrics having a cross-section in the form of a flat tape. In this way, it is possible to produce a woven fabric in which two weft tapes having different directions are combined with the warp tape, such that stresses in six different directions are absorbed in a single fabric layer without multiple fabrics having to be overlapped. The woven fabric is completely covered, has a weight-to-surface area ratio of 2 and, as a result, is very light.
Claims1
Ultralight monolayer multiaxial woven fabric, each of the wefts that intersect with one another at +A° and −B° in relation to the warp are parallel multifilaments, the cross-section of which is largely flat serving as a tape having a “d” width,
- the initial angle A and the width of the “d” tape determine the geometry of the woven fabric such that the following equations are fulfilled:
- E1d*sin (A/2)
- E2(d−E1)(2*sin (A/2))
- B=−(90−(A2)),
- E1 corresponding to the empty space between two adjacent weft tapes (2) and positioned at an angle A relative to the position of the warp tapes;
- E2 being the empty space between two adjacent weft tapes and positioned at an angle B relative to the position of the warp tapes;
- and
- B defined as the angle between the direction of the weft tapes and the direction of the warp tapes in which there is a woven fabric that is completely covered and the woven fabric having a weight-to-surface area ratio of two in relation to the warp and weft tapes, and the value of the angles A and B between the wefts in relation to the warp being 0°<A<−90° and 0°<B<−90°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.