Segmented Interwoven Fabric Columns for Adjustable Gaps

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing woven materials lack versatility and functionality in their interwoven designs, particularly in the arrangement and positioning of fabrics, which limits their structural integrity and utility in various applications.

Innovation Solution

The interwoven material consists of a first fabric and a second fabric that are strategically interwoven, with specific columns and rows having openings and varying positions of the second fabric relative to the first, creating a structured pattern that allows for adjustable gaps and extensions, enhancing the material's utility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional woven materials use uniform interwoven patterns, then manufacturing is simple, but versatility and functionality are limited

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidinterwoven pattern complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The woven material is divided into distinct columns (first, second, third columns) with different interwoven patterns. Each column can have different opening configurations and fabric arrangements, allowing the material to provide multiple functions (structural support, flexibility, breathability) within a single woven structure without requiring entirely separate components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the woven material have different properties. For example, certain columns may have more frequent openings for breathability while others have tighter weaving for structural support. The second fabric may be positioned over the first fabric in some rows and under in others, creating localized variations in flexibility and strength to match specific functional requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If openings are added to increase versatility, then adaptability improves, but structural integrity may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadjustable gapsVSAvoidstructural integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The material distributes openings across specific columns rather than uniformly throughout, concentrating flexibility needs in certain areas while maintaining structural integrity in others. The first and second fabrics work together in a segmented pattern where openings in one column are compensated by solid weaving in adjacent columns.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The woven material combines two different fabrics (first fabric and second fabric) with different properties. By strategically positioning which fabric is over or under in different rows and columns, the composite structure achieves both flexibility (through openings) and strength (through the complementary reinforcement of the second fabric in strategic locations).

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS11053613B1Woven material, in particular an interwoven material

Publication Date: 2021.07.06 HUANG JESSICA

AI summary

An interwoven material. More particularly, the interwoven material includes a first fabric and a second fabric. The first and second fabric are interwoven. The interwoven material includes a first column of interwoven material, a second column of interwoven material, and a third column of interwoven material. Also, there is a first row of interwoven material, a second row of interwoven material, and a third row of interwoven material. The second fabric is under the first fabric in the first row in the first columns; and the second fabric is over the first fabric in the first row in the second column.