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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Andrew Atkins Head, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brad Goetz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Peter, Morrow, OH (US);
Steven Charles Stenard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas C. Story, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew Atkins Head, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brad Goetz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Peter, Morrow, OH (US);
Steven Charles Stenard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas C. Story, Cincinnati, OH (US);
A&P Technology, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A machine and method for applying braid by means of a braiding machine to a mandrel, where the mandrel has a shape that approximates a wheel but has an irregularly varying radius of curvature. The machine includes drive/positioning wheel assemblies that are used to continuously reposition a cross-section of the mandrel relative to the braiding machine such that a center point of cross-section of the mandrel is maintained to be coaxial with a braiding point of the braiding machine as the mandrelis rotationally advanced by the drive/positioning wheel assemblies. Repositioning of the drive/positioning wheel assemblies is controlled by a computer numerical control (CNC) controller, based on information describing one or more radiuses of curvature for sections of the mandrel and a current position of the mandrel relative to the drive/positioning wheel assemblies.