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7608329 Polylactic acid resin, textile products obtained therefrom, and processes for producing textile products  
A polylactic acid resin suitable for use especially in textile products; textile products obtained from the resin as a raw material (a fiber, multifilament, monofilament, staple, false-twist yarn,...
7468207 Superconducting coil and superconducting apparatus  
A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire which can manufacture the longest possible wire by connecting relatively short wires with each other and is capable of suppressing reduction...
7452585 Monolithic structures, methods of manufacture and composite structures  
An article of manufacture comprising a sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite capable of being located within a hollow interior portion of a structural material and being expanded...
7323244 Low and weakly-interlaced polyester multifilament yarn and method of producing the same  
Disclosed is a low and weakly-interlaced industrial polyester multifilament yarn, which has excellent flatness and flat uniformity, and in which the number of monofilament layers is properly...
7267871 Stretch break method and product  
A method for stretch breaking fibers to produce a staple yarn and operating a staple fiber spinning machine that enables the production of a plurality of products of lot size smaller than a large...
7241709 Penetration resistant life protection articles  
The present invention relates to penetration resistant life protection articles, including spike penetration resistant life protection articles, and preferably spike and ballistic projectile...
7229688 Method and apparatus for high denier hollow spiral fiber  
A self-texturing hollow fiber that exhibits a desirable tendency to coil rather than to bend sharply or zig-zag. In one embodiment the invention is a hollow polymer filament having a generally...
7151154 Graft polymer curatives and polyurethanes formed therefrom  
Graft polymer curatives comprise a side chain having an average molecular weight of at least about 500, a main chain having an average molecular weight of less than about 200, and diol...
7132162 Superconducting coil and superconducting apparatus  
A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire which can manufacture the longest possible wire by connecting relatively short wires with each other and is capable of suppressing reduction...
7052513 Three-dimensional braided covered stent  
A prosthesis for transluminal implantation consists of a flexible tubular three-dimensionally braided structure of metal or polymeric monofilaments, and polymeric multifilament yarns. The...
7036197 Stretchable multiple-component nonwoven fabrics and methods for preparing  
A method for preparing stretchable bonded nonwoven fabrics which involves forming a substantially nonbonded nonwoven web of multiple-component continuous filaments or staple fibers which are...
7025825 Plastic fibers for improved concrete  
A concrete article comprised of concrete having therein a reinforcing fiber, where at least about 50 percent of the reinforcing fibers are frayed only at an end or ends of the reinforcing fibers,...
6946180 Composite materials with embedded machines  
A composite material is provided that includes a matrix material, and a plurality of deflectable elements or “machines” disposed in the matrix material, the machines acting to modify one or...
6926962 Dyed yarn  
The invention provides dyed yarn characterized by comprising dyed polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber, having an elastic recovery of 60% or greater under 10% elongation, and having a boiling water...
6919132 Fiberboard panel having improved acoustics and durability  
A fine texture fiberboard panel having a low resistivity value and a high board hardness value. The panel includes mineral fibers, perlite, cellulosic fibers, and binder. The mineral fibers...
6919117 Composite nonwoven fabric and method for making same  
A composite nonwoven fabric comprising multiple layers of a web formed from a blended mixture of metal fibers and nonmetal fibers is provided. The metal fibers preferably have a rough outer surface...
6855650 Synthetic fiber filled erosion control blanket  
A durable erosion control blanket featuring a novel synthetic fiber filler is disclosed. The erosion control blanket of the present invention addresses the need for a particularly resilient erosion...
6844064 Method of manufacturing oxide superconducting wire, oxide superconducting wire, superconducting coil and superconducting apparatus  
A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire which can manufacture the longest possible wire by connecting relatively short wires with each other and is capable of suppressing reduction...
6837970 Wood pulp fiber morphology modifications through thermal drying  
A method of modifying a two-dimensional, flat fiber morphology of a never-been-dried wood pulp into a three-dimensional twisted fiber morphology without the aid of a chemical cross-linker. The...
6827764 Molded filter element that contains thermally bonded staple fibers and electrically-charged microfibers  
A filter element that comprises a porous molded web 10 ′ that contains thermally bonded staple fibers 12 and non-thermally bonded electrically charged microfibers 14 . The molded web is...
6797378 Organic fiber filler-containing polypropylene resin composition and molded article using the same  
Provided are an organic fiber filler-containing polypropylene resin composition providing an article which is excellent in a moldability and a strength and an article obtained from the same. The...
6767634 Fibrillated bast fibers as reinforcement for polymeric composites  
A decorticated bast fiber such as from flax that is particularly suitable as a reinforcement for polymeric resins, thermoplastic, and thermoset composites. The invention specifically overcomes past...
6737156 Interior wallboard and method of making same  
A gypsum wallboard may have a paper-covered first face with shaped regions formed along side portions near the wallboard edges, and a fibrous mat-covered second face. The fibrous mat material...
6726985 Shoe sole  
The present invention relates to a shoe sole that includes a polyamide in the form of powder or microfibers admixed with a thermoplastic base material to improve the strength, durability, abrasion...
6716511 Propylene polymer fibers and yarns  
Bulked continuous filament yarns comprise a plurality of substantially continuous filaments comprising propylene polymer and having recovery from compression, as measured by Plug Crush Recovery, of...
6692827 Lyocell fibers having high hemicellulose content  
The present invention is directed to a lyocell fiber having a high hemicellulose content. The fibers are readily cut into staple lengths and can be spun into yarns with excellent knitting and...
6686028 Hydrophilic elastically stretchable composite sheet  
A hydrophilic elastically stretchable composite sheet composed of an elastically stretchable first sheet and an inelastically stretchable second sheet intermittently bonded to at least one surface...
6670438 Methods, compositions, and biomimetic catalysts for in vitro synthesis of silica, polysilsequioxane, polysiloxane, and polymetallo-oxanes  
Methods, compositions, and biomimetic catalysts, such as silicateins and block copolypeptides, used to catalyze and spatially direct the polycondensation of silicon alkoxides, metal alkoxides, and...
6630221 Monolithic expandable structures, methods of manufacture and composite structures  
An article of manufacture comprising an expandable sag-resistant nucleus-forming monolithic composite capable of being located within a hollow interior portion of a structural material and being...
6572966 Polyester fibers having substantially uniform primary and secondary crimps  
A method is disclosed for producing polyester fibers having uniform primary and secondary crimps. The method includes the steps of advancing fibers into a stuffer box having an upper doctor blade...
6569526 Highly dispersible reinforcing polymeric fibers  
Synthetic polymer reinforcing fibers provide dispersability and strength in matrix materials such as concrete, masonry, shotcrete, and asphalt. The individual fiber bodies, substantially free of...
6559080 Cardable blends of dual glass fibers  
Dual glass fibers can be processed into coherent webs and felts by first blending the dual glass fibers with an equal or greater amount of uncrimped fibers. Optionally, other crimped fibers can be...
6552123 Thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol fibers and method for producing them  
Provided are melt-spun fibers comprising, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and a method for producing fibrous structures comprising the fibers. The thermoplastic...
6548185 Feathery copper fiber body, process for production thereof, and copper microcoil  
To provide a feathery copper fiber body which can be uniformly dispersed in a resin composition, rubber composition, low melting metal, coating compound, adhesive, etc. to exert an effect of...
6548167 Continuous-strand pellets and method and device for preparing continuous-strand pellets  
A continuous fiber granulate material includes granulate particles having reinforcing staple fibers helically arranged in a thermoplastic matrix. The reinforcing staple fibers are located in a...
6528439 Crimped polymeric fibers and nonwoven webs made therefrom with improved resiliency  
The present invention is directed to crimped and resilient polymeric fibers and to fabrics and laminates made from the fibers. In general, the fibers are produced by crimping a polymeric fiber and...
6518208 Continuous fiber nonwoven and the method for producing it  
A continuous fiber nonwoven comprising composite continuous fibers having the spiral crimps obtained by compositely spinning two thermoplastic resins having the difference in the melting points of...
6511930 Lyocell fibers having variability and process for making  
The invention is lyocell fiber characterized by a pebbled surface as seen at high magnification and having a variable cross section and diameter along and between fibers. The fiber is produced by...
6468931 Multilayer thermally bonded nonwoven fabric  
A multilayer thermally bonded nonwoven fabric which is particularly useful as a liner in an absorbent product is described. The fabric includes at least two prebonded nonwoven webs having a...
6391444 Core-sheath glass fibers  
Provided is a glass fiber prepared by combining two glasses, preferably at least one of which is biosoluble, in a core/sheath arrangement. Such an arrangement can provide fibers potentially...
6385956 Packing yarn made of graphite foil and metal foil and method of manufacturing a packing yarn  
A packing yarn and a method of manufacturing a packing yarn composed of at least two bands which are at most 5 mm wide and are joined together by a yarn manufacturing method, include forming the...
6368713 Hollow microfibers and process for producing the same  
Hollow carbon microcoils are provided having a pitch that is substantially zero. Also provided are ceramic microcoils comprising a metal nitride, a metal carbide or a metal carbonitride. The...
6340522 Three-dimensional twisted fibers and processes for making same  
Exemplary fibers of the invention, useful for reinforcing hydratable cementitious materials such as concrete and mortar, have three-dimensional twist curvatures. Preferably, the fibers are flat or...
6335087 Reinforcing for concrete products and reinforced concrete products  
A yarn for use in a cement mortar matrix, includes a core and a multitude of staple fibers forming a layer which envelopes the core and provides an extended surface area and interstical spaces for...
6312548 Conductive insert for bonding components with microwave energy  
The bonding of components is facilitated by a conductive pattern which generates heat upon being irradiated with microwave or RF energy. The electrically conductive pattern is positioned on a first...
6308508 Steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same  
A steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same are disclosed. The steel cord is made of more than three steel filaments of which one or two filaments are...
6294252 Precursor fiber bundle for production of a carbon fiber bundle, a process for producing the precursor fiber bundle, a carbon fiber bundle, and a process for producing the carbon fiber bundle  
A separable tow of elongated polymeric filaments comprises a plurality of distinct sub-tows lightly and individually and separably joined, as by light crimping together along their edges or, if...
6251519 Friction member  
A friction member is provided which can suppress judder without impairing wear resistance. The friction member is prepared by impregnating or coating base fibers with a composition containing...
6235392 Lyocell fibers and process for their preparation  
The invention is lyocell fiber characterized by a pebbled surface as seen at high magnification and having a variable cross section and diameter along and between fibers. The fiber is produced by...
6207273 Process for producing filament and filament assembly composed of thermotropic liquid crystal polymer  
A process for producing a filament assembly composed of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer, which comprises melt extruding a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer through an orifice nozzle into a...