Patent ID: 11891729
Assignee: PROPEL, LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  H | IPC A  D  H

Claim 82:
83. A method of making a machine-knittable hybrid yarn, the method comprising:
wrapping, in a single process, two or more electrically conductive wires around one or more electrically non-conductive yarns, the electrically conductive wires each having an exterior coated with an insulating material,
wherein the number of electrically non-conductive yarns is less than the number of electrically conductive wires;
wherein the electrically non-conductive yarns comprise a majority fraction of an overall cross-section of the hybrid yarn; and
wherein the one or more electrically non-conductive yarns have an elasticity less than that of the wrapped two or more electrically conductive wires such that the two or more electrically conductive wires do not break before the one or more electrically non-conductive yarns under tensile loading of the hybrid yarn.