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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Inventor:
Forrest Sloan, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
KURARAY CO., LTD., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D07B 1/02 (2006.01); C08G 63/06 (2006.01); C08G 69/12 (2006.01); G01N 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D07B 1/025 (2013.01); C08G 63/065 (2013.01); C08G 69/12 (2013.01); C08G 2250/00 (2013.01); D07B 2201/1096 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2015 (2013.01); G01N 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are ropes containing bundles of filaments, where each bundle includes at least 70% by volume of liquid crystal polymer filaments, and where at least one bundle includes liquid crystal polymer filaments of at least 10 denier per filament in size. Also disclosed herein are methods of pulling or lifting an object by applying tension to such a rope connected to the object, where the rope is arranged over a sheave or a non-rotating guide surface, and a ratio of a diameter of the sheave or an effective diameter of the non-rotating guide surface, D, to a diameter of the rope, d, is at least 20:1.