Patent ID: 11970795
Assignee: ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL FABRICS OF AMERICA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  B  A | IPC D

Claim 27:
28. A textile comprising:
(i) a multi-material fiber comprising:
a cladding material;
an electrically-connectable device disposed within the cladding material; and
a first electrical conductor disposed within the cladding material and in electrical communication with a first electrode on the electrically-connectable device; and

(ii) a plurality of additional fibers interlaced with the multi-material fiber,
wherein, (i) the first electrode on the electrically-connectable device faces a neutral axis of the multi-material fiber, (ii) the first electrical conductor is located substantially along the neutral axis of the multi-material fiber, and (iii) the first electrical conductor is in electrical communication with the first electrode via a first metallurgical bond formed substantially at the neutral axis of the multi-material fiber, the first metallurgical bond comprising a bonding material having a melting temperature that substantially matches a glass transition temperature of the cladding material.