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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Janet C. Robincheck, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Anthony L. Smith, Troy, MI (US);
Marie A. Powers, Oxford, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A knitted fabric for use on a vehicle seat includes a plurality of interconnected loops of yarn forming a repeating stitch pattern including a plurality of transversely-oriented courses and a plurality of longitudinally-oriented wales, wherein each loop of the plurality of loops in a first course of the plurality of courses is positioned in contact with an adjacent loop in the first course of the plurality of courses. The yarn is a flat yarn including at least two plies, each ply having a ply twist of at least three turns per inch and the yarn is characterized by an overall twist of at least eight turns per inch. A stitch density of the knitted fabric is greater than twelve wales per inch.