Patent ID: 11891730
Assignee: SIREN CARE, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  H  Y | IPC A  D  H

Claim 17:
18. A method comprising:
storing, in a dispenser, a set of sensing elements offset along a lateral axis, each sensing element in the set of sensing elements comprising:
a sensor;
a first conductive lead extending from a first side of the sensor along a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the lateral axis; and
a second conductive lead extending from a second side of the sensor opposite the first side and along the longitudinal axis;

feeding a leading end of a first sensing element, in the set of sensing elements, from the dispenser toward a wrapping site;
at the wrapping site, wrapping a set of fibers around the first sensing element to form a yarn;
in response to a trailing end of the first sensing element passing the wrapping site, feeding a leading end of a second sensing element, in the set of sensing elements, from the dispenser toward the wrapping site; and
at the wrapping site, wrapping the set of fibers around the second sensing element to continue the yarn, the leading end of the second sensing element longitudinally offset behind the trailing end of the first sensing element within the yarn.