Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Woven fabric – Including a free metal or alloy constituent
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-19
2005-04-19
Kerns, Kevin P. (Department: 1725)
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Woven fabric
Including a free metal or alloy constituent
C403S265000, C164S098000, C264S257000, C264S259000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06881689
ABSTRACT:
A product having a metal-fabric joint includes forming a fabric anchoring component by casting a low melting point yet high compressive strength material into a cavity in a metal component. The product includes (a) a metal housing including an interior entrance, at least first and second opposed interior walls, and an interior end opposite the interior entrance, the at least first and second opposed interior walls and the interior end defining an interior cavity; (b) a fabric; (c) a fabric anchor assembly; and (d) a castable material disposed in the interior cavity so as to envelop the fabric and the fabric anchor assembly. A method of fabricating the product includes the steps of (a) anchoring the fabric with the fabric anchor assembly; (b) inserting the anchored fabric in the interior cavity; (c) providing the interior cavity with the castable material so as to envelop the anchored fabric; and (d) solidifying the castable material to a cast material so as to form the product. Advantages associated with the product include not only its simplicity, compact size, and light weight, but the requisite mechanical integrity of the resulting attachment. In addition, by using a low melting point material for the castable material in some embodiments, the product can be easily disassembled for repair or replacement of components by simply melting the castable material out of the interior cavity.
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ILC Dover LP
Kerns Kevin P.
Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher L.L.P.
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