Patent ID: 7574962

Claim:
A method of using a surface-dimensional track system to braid fiber about a braiding target, comprising: providing the braiding target; providing a track having a plurality of generally parallel rails having surfaces that define a surface-dimensional track; providing a car carriage for motion along the surface-dimensional track in accordance with a plurality of two-dimensional velocity vectors and a topography of the surface-dimensional track, the car carriage comprising: an engaging mechanism for mechanically securing the car carriage to the track; a first driving assembly for inducing a motion component of the car carriage in accordance with the topography of the surface-dimensional track and first components of the plurality of two-dimensional velocity vector; and a second driving assembly for inducing another motion component of the car carriage in accordance with the topography of the surface-dimensional track and second components of the two-dimensional velocity vectors; providing a bobbin having fiber, the bobbin secured to the car carriage; providing a receiver assembly secured to the car carriage for wirelessly receiving the plurality of two-dimensional velocity vectors from a remote control system; securing an end of the fiber to the braiding target; providing the plurality of two-dimensional velocity vectors in accordance with a desired path of the car carriage along the surface-dimensional track; and wirelessly transmitting the plurality of two-dimensional velocity vectors to the receiver assembly to cause the motion of the car carriage about the braiding target and to control the bobbin so as to braid fiber about the braiding target.