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

Claim 38:
39. A machine-knittable hybrid yarn, comprising:
one or more electrically non-conductive yarns;
two or more electrically conductive wires wrapped around the electrically non-conductive yarns, the electrically conductive wires having an exterior layer of 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;
wherein the two or more electrically conductive wires are wrapped around the one or more electrically non-conductive yarns at between 1 and 15 twists per inch; 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.