Patent ID: 9702069
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: D03D,D04C

Claim:
1. A braided material comprising: a plurality of first plaits adjacent one another oriented in a first direction having a positive angle from a reference braid direction; a plurality of second plaits adjacent one another oriented in a second direction transverse to the first direction having a negative angle from the reference braid direction, the plurality of first plaits intertwined with the plurality of second plaits forming a braid; each of the plurality of first plaits comprising a plurality of first plait tows, the first plait tows comprising: each of the plurality of second plaits comprising a plurality of second plait tows, the second plait tows comprising: each first plait intersecting each of the plurality of second plaits in succession; and for each first plait, one of the plurality of pairs of first plait tows configured to cross over at least one of the second number of tows at each intersection of the first plait and one of the plurality of second plaits in succession, thereby forming a series of a plurality of braid points along the first plait.