Patent ID: 7144830

Claim:
A multilayer woven article having a warp and a weft, and defining an electrical circuit, said multilayer woven article comprising: a plurality of electrically insulating yarns and uninsulated electrically conductive yarns in the warp; a plurality of electrically insulating yarns and uninsulated electrically conductive yarns in the weft interwoven with said plurality of electrically insulating yarns and uninsulated electrically conductive yarns in the warp in a weave defining plural layers of said woven article; wherein an uninsulated electrically conductive yarn in the warp crossing an uninsulated electrically conductive yarn in the weft makes electrical connection therewith at the crossing thereof; and at least one uninsulated electrically conductive yarn in the warp and/or in the weft woven into at least a first layer and a second layer of the plural layers for crossing at least one uninsulated electrically conductive yarn in the other of the warp and/or weft without making electrical contact therewith; whereby a multilayer woven article is provided wherein uninsulated electrically conductive yarn disposed in the warp and weft are woven so as to connect at certain crossings when in the same one of the plural layers and to not connect at other crossings when not in the same one of the plural layers to define an electrical circuit.