US 11,873,585 B2
Conductive yarn/sewing thread capable of data/signal transmission having reduced or eliminated crosstalk, coupled with one or more devices for satellite positioning and accelerometer measurements in a smart fabric, and garment made therefrom
Matthew L Kolmes, Denver, NC (US)
Assigned to SUPREME CORPORATION, Conover, NC (US)
Filed by SUPREME CORPORATION, Conover, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/784,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,431, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0255984 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. D02G 3/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC D02G 3/441 (2013.01) [A41D 1/005 (2013.01); H01B 1/026 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); D10B 2401/06 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
 
1. A garment prepared from a smart fabric, wherein the smart fabric comprises:
one or more devices providing satellite positioning measurement, accelerometer measurement, or both, conductively coupled to a battery or other DC power source; and a conductive composite yarn conductively coupled to the one or more devices providing satellite positioning measurement, accelerometer measurement, or both, wherein the conductive composite yarn comprises:
a) a core formed of at least two strands of a conductive metal of 40 or higher gauge, wherein the at least two strands of conductive metal are configured such that one strand is wrapped around the other strand at a wrap rate of from 1 to 50 turns per inch (tpi); and
b) at least one inner cover wrapped around the core in a first direction at a rate sufficient to provide substantially complete coverage of the core by the inner cover;
c) at least one outer cover wrapped around the at least one inner cover, wherein the outer cover is wrapped in a second direction opposite to a direction of a cover layer on which the outer cover is directly wrapped, at a rate sufficient to provide substantially complete cover of the cover layer on which the outer cover is directly wrapped; and
d) at least one bonding agent.