Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090049868 | PROTECTIVE SLEEVE WITH KNITTED OPENING AND METHOD ON CONSTRUCTION - A knit tubular protective sleeve and method of construction thereof provides a continuous and seamless tubular wall knit from one or more yarns extending between opposite open ends of the sleeve. At least one opening is integrally knit within the tubular wall between the ends. The opening has a circumferentially continuous, knit outer periphery. | 02-26-2009 |
20090049869 | Thermal Protection Sleeve With Knit Thermal Protection Features And Method Of Construction Thereof - A knit protective sleeve and method of construction thereof provides a continuous and seamless sleeve wall knit from one or more yarns extending between opposite open ends of the sleeve. At least one heat vent opening is integrally knit within the wall between the ends. | 02-26-2009 |
20100084179 | PROTECTIVE SLEEVE FABRICATED WITH HYBRID YARD, HYBRID YARN, AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A hybrid yarn filament and sleeve constructed therefrom for protecting elongate members against at least one of EMI, RFI or ESD is provided, along with methods of constructing the hybrid yarn filament and sleeves. The hybrid yarn filament has a nonconductive filament and at least one conductive wire filament overlying an outer surface of the nonconductive filament. The hybrid yarn filament is arranged in electrical communication with itself or other hybrid yarn filaments during construction of the sleeve to provide uniform shielding against EMI, RFI, and and/or ESD. | 04-08-2010 |
20100316822 | TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE ABRASION RESISTANT COATING AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY, CONSTRUCTION AND CURING THEREOF - A textile sleeve for protecting elongate members with a high temperature abrasion resistant coating and methods of assembly, construction and curing thereof is provided. The textile sleeve includes a tubular textile wall formed of non-heatsettable yarn with interstices formed between adjacent filaments of the yarn. The wall has an outer surface and an inner surface providing an inner cavity for receipt of the elongate members. A fluoropolymer-based coating having about an 80 wt % fluoropolymer content is applied to the wall outer surface. The coating is substantially absorbed within the outer surface with the interstices being preserved. The coating is dried to an uncured state, and then subsequently cured at about 700 degrees Fahrenheit or greater. Upon being exposed and cured at a temperature of about 700 degrees Fahrenheit or more, the fluoropolymer-based coating melts and cross-links, thereby providing enhanced abrasion resistance protection to the wall. | 12-16-2010 |
20110240827 | EXHAUST HANGER BAND ASSEMBLY AND TEXTILE SLEEVE EXPANSION LIMITER THEREFOR AND METHOD OF INCREASING THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF AN EXHAUST HANGER BAND - An exhaust hanger band assembly, sleeve therefore, and method of increasing the elongation strength of an exhaust hanger band is provide. The exhaust hanger band assembly includes an elastomeric body configured to operably couple an exhaust member to a frame member of a vehicle. The elastomeric body has an annular outer surface extending along a body central axis between opposite sides. The assembly further includes a textile sleeve having a tubular wall extending along a sleeve central axis in generally parallel relation to the body central axis and between opposite ends. The tubular wall has at least one section of wale direction knit yarns extending along the sleeve central axis and at least one weft inserted yarn extending substantially transversely to the wale direction knit yarns about a circumference of the tubular wall. The at least one weft inserted yarn is interlinked with the at least one section of wale direction knit yarns. | 10-06-2011 |
20120148772 | TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH PROTECTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A coated textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members, combination thereof, and method of construction is provided. The textile sleeve has an elongate knit wall constructed from weft knit yarns. The knit wall has an inner surface providing a generally tubular cavity in which the elongate members are received and protected. The inner surface is formed, at least in part, by laid-in yarn to provide a soft, non-abrasive surface for dampening contact with the elongate members being protected to facilitate absorbing vibration, which in turn, reduces the frictional wear of the elongate members being protected. Further, the knit wall has an outer surface with a flexible, impervious elastomeric coating thereon. The elastomeric coating allows the knit wall to substantially retain its flexibility as knit, provides enhanced protection against the ingress of fluid and other contaminants, and providing added dampening to absorb vibration. | 06-14-2012 |
20130052518 | FLEXIBLE GREEN NONWOVEN BATTERY COVER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - An insulative nonwoven battery cover and method of construction thereof is provided. The cover includes a plurality of nonwoven sections bonded together to form a desired structural configuration. The nonwoven sections are mats of heat-settable textile fibers and green materials including natural fibers, recycled materials and/or waste stream materials. The mats are formed having a bonded seam of the melted heat-settable textile fibers such that the cover is provided with a circumferentially continuous wall. | 02-28-2013 |
20130224408 | KNIT SLEEVE FOR AN OIL DIP STICK TUBE, COMBINATION THEREOF, METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF AND METHOD OF DAMPENING THE VIBRATION OF AN OIL DIP STICK TUBE - A knit sleeve for an oil dip stick tube, combination thereof, method of construction thereof and method of dampening the vibration of an oil dip stick tube is provided. The knit sleeve includes a circumferentially continuous, closed knit tubular wall extending between opposite ends with a pair of end sections adjacent the opposite ends and a midsection extending between the end sections. The end sections include heat-shrinkable yarn to allow the end sections to be heat-shrunk into a fixed relation about the oil dip stick tube. The midsection includes generally rigid, circumferentially extending, non-heat-shrinkable yarn to maintain the midsection having a circular configuration about the oil dip stick tube with an annular gap extending between the oil dip stick tube and an inner surface of the midsection. | 08-29-2013 |
20130228248 | WRAPPABLE END FRAY RESISTANT PROTECTIVE TEXTILE SLEEVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A wrappable, end fray resistant textile sleeve for protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes an elongate wall having warp yarns extending generally parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns extending circumferentially about the sleeve. The warp yarns and the fill yarns are woven in an overlying and underlying weave pattern with one another. The warp yarns are arranged in discrete groups alternating about a circumference of the wall with adjacent groups having a different number of the warp yarns. As such, the wall is provided with groups of increased numbers of warp yarns that provide the sleeve with enhanced rigidity and abrasion resistance, while also being provided with groups of decreased numbers of warp yarns that provide the sleeve with enhanced flexibility along the longitudinal central axis. | 09-05-2013 |
20140220276 | Enhanced Braided Sleeve and Method of Construction Thereof - A braided protective sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The wall includes a plurality of braided yarns forming inner and outer surfaces of the sleeve. The inner surface bounds an internal cavity and the outer surface is exposed to the surrounding environment. The yarns are braided with one another in a X/Y braid pattern with X and Y being different numerical values from one another. The numerical values of X and Y can be selected as desired to provide the sleeve with the enhanced physical performance characteristics desired. A plurality of yarns extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis can be interlaced with the braided yarns. The interlaced yarns can be exposed to the internal cavity and concealed from the environment; exposed to the environment and concealed from the internal cavity, or both. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220846 | Non-Kinking Self-Wrapping Woven Sleeve and Method of Construction Thereof - A wrappable textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The wrappable textile sleeve includes an elongate wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends with lengthwise extending edges extending parallel or substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis between the opposite ends. The wall is woven from lengthwise extending warp yarns and circumferentially extending weft yarns. The weft yarns form a plurality of discrete annular bands, with adjacent bands having weft yarns of different diameters to provide the wall with discrete enhanced hoop strength regions and with discrete enhanced flexibility regions, where the enhanced hoop strength and enhanced flexibility regions alternate in adjacent relation with one another. | 08-07-2014 |
20140262478 | EMI Shielding Textile Fabric, Wrappable Sleeve Constructed Therefrom and Method of Construction Thereof - A textile fabric, sleeve formed therefrom, and methods of construction thereof are provided. The fabric forms an elongate wall constructed from lengthwise extending warp yarns woven with widthwise extending weft yarns. At least some of the warp yarns are electrically conductive and have a first diameter. The weft yarns have a second diameter that is at least 25 percent less than the first diameter of the warp yarns. As such, the conductive warp yarns are brought into closer proximity with one another than if the weft yarns were the same diameter as the warp yarns. Accordingly, the ability of the fabric and sleeve formed therewith to provide shielding protection against EMI is enhanced. | 09-18-2014 |
20150027623 | Wrappable Protective Sleeve With Closure And Locating Feature And Methods Of Construction And Use Thereof - A wrappable protective sleeve for providing protection to at least one elongate member contained therein and methods of construction and use thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a flexible textile wall having opposite inner and outer faces bounded by opposite edges and opposite ends. The opposite edges extend generally parallel to one another between the opposite ends. A pair of adhesive layers is bonded to the inner face, with each of the adhesive layers being spaced from one another. The adhesive layers extend between the opposite ends adjacent the opposite edges. Further, a release paper is releasably adhered to the pair of adhesive layers for subsequent removal and use of the sleeve. | 01-29-2015 |