Patent ID: 11891733
Assignee: MYANT INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  G  A | IPC D  G

Claim 13:
14. A method for manufacturing fibre based temperature sensor integrated into a base fabric layer for a textile, the method comprising the steps of:
interlacing a set of wall fibres with one another to form a first wall structure defining a first cavity along a length and a second wall structure defining a second cavity along the length, the set of wall fibres comprising nonconductive material, the wall structures adjacent to one another along the length;
positioning at least one conductive fibre running along the length within each of the first cavity and the second cavity, such that the set of wall fibres of the wall structures enclose each of the at least one conductive fibre in order to electrically insulate each of the at least one conductive fibre from an environment along the length external to the cavities;
interlacing a set of base fibres with one another to form the base fabric layer; and interlacing a first fibred interconnection and a second fibred interconnection between the base fabric layer and the first and second wall structures, the base fabric layer having a first side adjacent with the first fibred interconnection to the first wall structure and a second side adjacent with the second fibered interconnection to the second wall structure, the first fibered interconnection opposed to the second fibred interconnection, the first side and the second side forming a surface of the base fabric layer such that the first and second wall structures are interposed between the first and second sides, the first fibred interconnection and the second fibred interconnection forming part of a structural fabric integrity of the set of wall fibres and a structural fabric integrity of the set of base fibres;
wherein subsequent damage to fibres of at least one of the first fibred interconnection or the second fibred interconnection results in destruction of the structural fabric integrity of the set of wall fibres and the structural fabric integrity of the set of base fibres.