US Patent Issued to Honeywell Safety Products USA on June 2 for "Auxetic textile structures" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,208, issued on June 2, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Auxetic textile structures" was invented by Jing Xu (Charlotte, N.C.), Xiaobai Ruan (Charlotte, N.C.) and Menglong Gao (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses are described that provide for auxetic textile structures. An example auxetic textile structure includes an auxetic layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the auxetic layer comprises a plurality of high performance yarns. The auxetic textile structure further includes a plurality of dispersed elastic portions at least partially coupled to the inner ...