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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Federal-mogul Powertrain, Llc, Southfield, MI (US);
Cassie M. Malloy, Trappe, PA (US);
Qingtong Ge, Exton, PA (US);
Tianqi Gao, Exton, PA (US);
Edgar Muela, El Paso, TX (US);
Danny Winters, Downingtown, PA (US);
Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A braided textile sleeve having a flexible, seamless, reflective tubular wall and method of construction thereof are provided. The tubular wall extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends and includes a first set of yarns and a second set of yarns braided with one another. The first and second yarns are provided as different types of yarns from one another and are braided in opposite helical directions with one another. The tubular wall includes a third set of yarns captured between the first and second sets of yarns, with the third set of yarns extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The sleeve includes a reflective outer layer fixed to an outer surface of the braided yarns.