Abstract: An automotive component (10) and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The component (10) comprises a core portion (14) formed of a first material and a second portion (18) integral with the core portion (14) and formed of a second material. In one illustrated embodiment, the first and second materials have different material property characteristics. For example, the first material can be made of a relatively harder plastic material than the second material made of a softtouch plastic material. The method for manufacturing the component comprises the steps of injecting the first material into a first cavity of a mold to form the core portion (14), altering the mold cavity to form a second cavity and injecting the second material into the second cavity while the first material is in a reactive state to form the second portion (18) of the component. Because the first material is in the reactive state, the second material is integrally formed with the first material.

Abstract: A package design and a method of assembling an array of CCD image devices on a substrate to provide an assembly with an optically flat surface. A tolerance of approximately between 2 and 3 microns is achieved by a process requiring less finishing of the substrates used by conventional processes. The assembly package can be used to bond an array of image sensors on a substrate having less than optimum flatness while still maintaining the optical surfaces of the image sensors within a single focal plane.

Abstract: A fluid mixing device comprises a body part having an inlet for water under pressure, a main flow passage leading from the inlet to an outlet, the main flow passage being shaped to create a low pressure zone therein, and an auxiliary passage leading to the low pressure zone from a source of liquid detergent. The main flow passage is divided into two subsidiary passages downstream of the low pressure zone, and is formed in a valve member which is rotatable to prevent flow of fluid through at least one of said subsidiary passages, when required, thereby reducing the effective cross-sectional area of the main flow passage and creating back pressure which fills the low pressure zone and renders it ineffective in drawing the detergent into the main flow passage.