Loop structure, method for producing a loop structure and element

US11466403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FREISTAAT BAYERN VERTRETEN DURCH HOCHSCHULE HOF, INSTITUT FÜR MATERIAL WISSENSCHAFTEN · DE

Inventors

• Frank Ficker · Reichertshofen, DE
• Nathalie Kuegel · Delmenhorst, DE
• Alexandra Luft · Hof, DE
• Roxana Miksch · Schongau, DE
• Daniela Schoen · Hof, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D07B2201/1004
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A loop structure includes a first element having a first loop, and a second element having a second loop, the first loop interlocking with the second loop. Each of the first and second elements include a plurality of strands, wherein at least a portion of the strands are formed from a flexible material. The strands of the first and second elements are processed in a textile-like manner into one of a braided, woven, knitted, or enmeshed structure defining at least two webs spaced-apart along a longitudinal direction of the first and second elements. The strands are divided into longitudinally extending sections between the webs, the sections forming wings that connect the webs. In the first element, the wings form the first loop, and in the second element, the wings form the second loop.