ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,806, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ARIANEGROUP SAS (Les Mureaux, France).
"Braiding machine with a reserve zone" was invented by Julien Bardy (Le Haillan, France), Cassandre Vince (Le Haillan, France), Kevin Tymczuk (Le Haillan, France), Aline Bollengier (Le Haillan, France) and Amelie Marduel (Le Haillan, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braiding machine includes a plurality of yarn feed spindles movable along a guide path so as to participate in the braiding, a reserve zone able to receive at least one spindle such that its participation in the braiding is interrupted."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2023, under Appl...