Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Braided textile sleeve with self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof
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Application No.: US14634216Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US10202714B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Amel Fathallah , Ana Maria Panea
- Applicant: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Southfield
- Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
- Current Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Southfield
- Agency: Dickinson Wright, PLLC
- Agent Robert L. Stearns
- Main IPC: D04C1/06
- IPC: D04C1/06 ; D04C1/02 ; B29C55/24 ; B29B11/14 ; B29B11/04 ; B29C35/02 ; B29K101/10 ; B29K105/00 ; B29L23/00
Abstract:
A protective textile sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a decreased length, increased diameter first state and an increased length, decreased diameter second state. Heat-set, braided yarns within the wall impart a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the first and second states to be bi-stable and self-sustaining.
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