Abstract: A sealing system and a method of manufacturing such a sealing system. The sealing system comprises a seal lip of two different materials that are bonded together using a polymeric material that forms strong chemical bonds with the two different materials at the same time. Further since the bonding only takes place after activation, this enables a precise physical alignment to be done before the activation.

Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable having an end portion. The fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber and an outer jacket surrounding the optical fiber. The outer jacket is formed of a base material that hardens in response to exposure to an energy source. The end portion of the fiber optic cable has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of a remaining portion of the fiber optic cable. A connector assembly is engaged to the end portion of the fiber optic cable.

Abstract: A magnet core (1) that is suitable for use in a fault current circuit breaker and that is made of a helically wound, magnetically soft band has a top (4) and a bottom (5), the top (4) and the bottom (5) being formed by side surfaces (16) of the magnetically soft band. The magnet core (1) is fixed in a protective housing (6), and there is a contact cement (11) between the bottom (5) of the magnet core (1) and an inside wall (10) of the housing for fixing the magnet core (1).

Abstract: An ultraviolet cross-linkable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer of a monomer containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an ultraviolet cross-linkable site. The storage modulus of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet before ultraviolet cross-linking is from 5.0×104 to 1.0×106 Pa at 30° C. and 1 Hz and 5.0×104 Pa or less at 80° C. and 1 Hz. The storage modulus of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet after ultraviolet cross-linking is 1.0×103 Pa or more at 130° C. and 1 Hz.

Abstract: A method of making a display assembly includes the steps of (a) attaching a first substrate and a second substrate with an optically clear heat activated adhesive to form a laminate. Each of the first and second substrate has opposing major surfaces. At least one of the first and second substrate has a three dimensional surface topography covering at least a portion of one of its major surfaces or is distortion sensitive. At a heat activation temperature, the adhesive is pressure sensitive. The method also includes heating the laminate to the heat activation temperature of the adhesive causing the adhesive to flow. The activation temperature is greater than 40° C. and less than 120° C.

Abstract: A process for producing a sheet of a circuit substrate which includes (i) providing a sheet for a circuit substrate which contains a layer of a polymer material of an energy ray hardening type for embedding circuit chips and is used for displays, the layer before being hardened by irradiating an energy ray having a storage modulus of 103 Pa or greater and smaller than 107 Pa at a temperature of embedding the circuit chips, (ii) embedding the circuit chips into the layer, and (iii) hardening the layer by irradiating an energy ray onto the layer to obtain the sheet of a circuit substrate, whereby the circuit chips are embedded, fixed and maintained in the resultant hardened layer, wherein the layer after being hardened by irradiating an energy ray has a storage modulus of 107 Pa or greater at 25° C.

Abstract: An adhesion method capable of strongly adhering two members without using an adhesive and without impairing a fine structure or optical properties of a joining surface, and a biochemical chip and optical component made by the same are provided.

Abstract: A display device may be constructed with a first substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode, a second substrate formed on the first substrate and facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer may be constructed with a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal (PSLC), and a size of domains of the PSLC is 200 nm or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a photocurable resin composition which may be developed with an alkali, has excellent resolution properties, and enables a cured article having excellent (humidity) heat resistance and thermal impact resistance to be formed; a dry film; a cured article thereof; and a printed wiring board using the cured article. The photocurable resin composition of the present invention is characterized by containing a carboxyl group-containing resin, a photopolymerization initiator, and surface-treated Neuburg siliceous earth particles.

Abstract: The system includes a module fixture supporting a plurality of elements, the module fixture defining a plurality of bonding wells with each bonding well accepting a first portion of one or more of the elements with the module fixture including one or more apertures communicated with one or more of the bonding wells with the bonding wells having a nominal depth; and a dispensing system, coupled to the module fixture, for dispensing a high-wettability adhesive into each the bonding well and surrounding each the element substantially filling the bonding well up to the nominal depth without significant overfill, the adhesive being selectively curable upon application of a curing modality; and a curing structure for selectively exposing the adhesive to the curing modality as the adhesive emerges from the apertures during dispensation of the adhesive.

Abstract: A process for lining a pipeline, comprising the following steps: pouring in an adhesive, introducing the tube with inversion into the pipeline by applying pressure, providing the conditions for the adhesive situated on the outside of the tube by irradiation using energy-containing waves, and maintaining the internal pressure in the introduced tube until the adhesive is cured, severing the connection between the tube and a retaining strap, which extends through the entire tube in the longitudinal direction thereof, at the end which is at the front in the direction of movement of the tube after the tube has been introduced, coupling the severed end of the retaining strap outside the pipeline to a radiation unit, using the retaining strap to pull the radiation unit, in the non-activated state, through the tube as far as the end thereof which is at the rear in the direction of movement of said tube, pulling the supply cable for the radiation unit into the tube behind said unit, and then using the supply cable to

Abstract: Generally, a method and apparatus for forming an elastic portion of an absorbent article is disclosed. An elastic material web having at least one crosslinkable elastic styrenic block copolymer sized to correspond to at least one discrete elasticized portion of the absorbent article is provided. The elastic material web may be unwound or otherwise supplied and then attached to a continuous moving web to form at least one discrete elasticized portion of the absorbent article. The elastic material web is crosslinked by subjecting the elastic material web to electromagnetic radiation with an electron beam processing unit sufficient to provide a crosslinked elastic styrenic block copolymer. The electromagnetic radiation is sized to correspond to at least one discrete elasticized portion of the absorbent article. A variety of absorbent article components may possess elastic characteristics, including waistbands, leg/cuff gasketing, side panels, and outer covers.

Abstract: Durable optical fiber ribbons are formed by promoting a strong bond between fiber ink layers and ribbon matrix material. During curing of the ink layer desired oxygen levels are maintained in the curing environment of the manufacturing process.

Abstract: A method of forming a stretchable conductive pattern includes forming a base substrate; forming a plurality of non-linear trench lines that include peaks and valleys arranged at constant intervals in the base substrate; forming a polymer-metal precursor mixture pattern by filling the trench lines with a mixture of the polymer-metal precursor; converting the polymer-metal precursor mixture of the polymer-metal precursor mixture pattern into a polymer gel/metal nano-particle complex to form a polymer gel/metal nano-particle complex pattern; and primarily transferring the polymer gel/metal nano-particle complex pattern in the base substrate onto an acceptor base substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device housing and a method of forming the housing are disclosed. The electronic device housing, comprises a bottom layer defining a though hole; an adhesion layer on the bottom layer defining a through hole; and a protection layer on the adhesion layer defining a through hole, wherein the adhesion layer is cured by ultraviolet (UV) rays, the adhesion layer is adapted to tightly combine the bottom layer and the protection layer.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first prism unit, a second prism unit spaced apart from the first prism unit, and a spacer unit disposed between the first and second prism units. Each of the first and second prism units includes a substrate, an anti-reflection coating, and a prism. The substrate has a first surface disposed to face the other one of the first and second prism units, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The anti-reflection coating is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The prism is disposed adjacent to the second surface of the substrate. The spacer unit is disposed between the anti-reflection coatings of the first and second prism units.

Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer plastic film from resin starting material includes irradiating a batch of plastic resin material and using irradiated resin from the batch to produce at least one layer of a multilayer plastic film.

Abstract: The present invention enables additional processes required for forming vertical wiring and rewiring in a double face package (DFP) or a wafer level chip size package (WLCSP) to be implemented through use of a component for vertical wiring and rewiring, to thereby simplify the manufacturing process and reduce cost. An electronic component for interconnection is incorporated into an electronic device package in which a circuit element including a semiconductor chip is disposed and which has external electrodes connected to the circuit element via vertical interconnects and horizontal interconnects.

Abstract: Provided are materials comprising layers of anisotropically aligned fibers, the alignment of which fibers may be adjusted so as to give rise to circumferentially-aligned fibers that replicate the fiber alignment of native fibrous tissue, such as the meniscus or the annulus fibrosis. Also provided are laminates formed from the disclosed materials, as well as methods of fabricating the disclosed materials and laminates.

Abstract: A method for creating a sealed device includes the steps of providing a structure comprised of at least two adjacent parts forming an enclosure and having a contact surface therebetween. At least one part of the structure is comprised of a material that appears substantially opaque to the naked eye and is substantially transparent to light. A light-curable adhesive is applied at the contact surface, and light is transmitted to cure the light-curable adhesive to form a hermetic seal at the contact surface between the at least two adjacent parts.

Abstract: A wafer level lens module which processes images includes a glass substrate, the metal baffle layers, a convex lens, and a concave lens. The glass substrate has a first surface and a second surface, and the metal baffle layers are respectively disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate for blocking some light, in which each metal baffle layer comprises at least one through holes. The convex lens and the concave lens, disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the glass substrate, are contacted with the metal baffle layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process that makes it possible to improve the mechanical strength of bonds between substrates when these bonds are produced by means of an adhesive that comprises a resin that can be cured by chain polymerization, and in particular a resin that can be cured under the effect of ionizing or light radiation. This process is characterized in that it comprises the grafting of groups capable of acting as chain transfer agents during the polymerization of said resin to the surface of the substrates, before the latter are brought into contact with the adhesive. Applications: assembling of structural, engine, passenger compartment or bodywork parts in the aeronautical, space, railway, ship-building and automotive industries.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite block of closed geometry, in the form of a continuous ring, based on reinforcing fibres and on a cross-linkable resin, by continuously winding in superposition a predetermined number Nc of layers of a tape of the reinforcing fibres embedded in a matrix based on a composition comprising the cross-linkable resin, the method comprising, from the upstream end downstream, the steps of: forming a tape made of the reinforcing fibres, the thickness of the tape being between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm; depositing the tape on a support that dictates the final shape of the composite block, and winding the tape onto the support, in a single direction, by superposing the number Nc of layers in order directly to form the continuous ring on the support, Nc being less than 15.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for creating extremely high permittivity dielectric materials for use in capacitors and energy storage devices. High permittivity materials suspended in an organic non-conductive media matrix with enhanced properties and methods for making the same are disclosed. A general method for the formation of thin films of some particular dielectric material is disclosed, wherein the use of organic polymers, shellac, silicone oil, and/or zein formulations are utilized to produce thin film low conductivity dielectric coatings. Additionally, methods whereby the formation of certain transition metal salts as salt or oxide matrices at low temperatures utilizing mild reducing agents are disclosed. Further, a method for the enhancement of dielectric permittivity formation in the dielectric material of the capacitor is taught.

Abstract: A multilayer resin sheet is constituted by including a resin layer containing an epoxy resin having a mesogenic skeleton, a curing agent and an inorganic filler, and an insulating adhesive layer formed on at least either of the surfaces of the resin layer. A cured multilayer resin sheet originated from the multilayer resin sheet has high thermal conductivity, good insulation and adhesive strength, and, further, superior thermal shock resistance, and is suitable as an electric insulating material to be used for an electric or electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device housing includes a bottom layer, a adhesion layer and a protection layer. The adhesion layer is located on the bottom layer. The protection layer is located on the adhesion layer. The electronic device housing has excellent appearance and high durability. The present disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing the electronic device housing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology disclose a method for fixing glass substrates and a method for preparing a flexible display device. The method for fixing glass substrates comprises coating an edge portion of a first glass substrate corresponding to a second glass substrate with epoxy resin and screeding the coated epoxy resin layer, adhering the second glass substrate to the first glass substrate, and annealing the two glass substrates. With the technical solution of this disclosed technology, the time period for fixing the adhered glass substrates can be reduced with an improved productivity.

Abstract: A method for assembling an apparatus including a display sheet having a non-transparent part in at least a part of the display sheet, has a bonding step of bonding the display sheet to a housing. The bonding step has a first step of attaching the display sheet to the housing via a UV curable adhesive, and a second step of causing an ultraviolet light emitting apparatus to irradiate, from an external surface side of the display sheet. The display sheet is attached to the housing with ultraviolet light after the first step so that the ultraviolet light passes through at least a part of the non-transparent part of the display sheet and cures the UV curable adhesive.

Abstract: A method of using UV cationic epoxy to repair cracks and breaks windshields in order to eliminate oxygen inhibition and shrinkage. The method includes embodiments that employ pretreatment or priming of the of a crack or break in order to negate the moisture and PVB retardation of the UV cationic epoxy polymerization and mixing the UV cationic epoxy and a UV radical resin to create a hybrid or; adding other ingredients to the UV cationic epoxy to negate the moisture and PVB retardation; and use of the UV cationic epoxy as a cap over repair resin/epoxy and as a pit filler. Other combinations of materials and procedures are disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system of constructing and assembling a radiological imaging sensor having a transparent crystalline substrate plate, such as a glass or sapphire plate, for use in assembling the radiological imaging sensor using either a clear fiber optic plate of a dark fiber optic plate with ultraviolet curable adhesives. The transparent glass substrate plate may further include at least one crystalline sapphire strip disposed in an aperture therewithin. Flexible cable connections are provided by wire bonding to the imaging die substrate.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for treating a self-assembled monolayer coating on a dielectric layer to improve epoxy adhesion to the self-assembled monolayer coating. In implementations of the methods, a dielectric layer on a surface of a substrate is provided. A self-assembled monolayer coating is formed on the dielectric layer. A seal region of the self-assembled monolayer coating is selectively treated. A component is bonded to the seal region of the self-assembled monolayer coating with an epoxy. Implementations of the methods may be used to encapsulate an electromechanical systems device on the substrate with a cover using an epoxy.

Abstract: A structural unit for a rotary encoder. The structural unit including a graduation carrier fastened to a mount that includes a recess and a positioning element fastened to the graduation carrier by a first material connection. The positioning element is disposed in the recess, and the recess is dimensioned such that the recess positions the positioning element in a radial direction without play. The structural unit further including a second material connection is provided between the graduation carrier and the mount.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing panels, wherein these panels are composed at least of a substrate and a top layer, which includes at least one material sheet, wherein for said material sheet use is made of a material sheet which previously is provided with a radiation-hardening covering layer, in which hard particles are included.

Abstract: An adhesive layer is formed on a substrate by printing such that the adhesive layer has a predetermined pattern. A film having a phase-difference characteristic is bonded thereon to form a divided waveplate material layer. The divided waveplate material layer is divided all at once with cutter blades disposed in a row such that the divided waveplate material layer has the predetermined pattern. Then the divided waveplate material layer remaining on portions to be removed is removed, thereby forming divided waveplates on the substrate such that the divided waveplates have the predetermined pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display utilizing a vertically aligned state of liquid crystal molecules when no voltage is applied and to a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display includes a monofunctional monomer having a structure expressed by X—R (where X represents an acrylate group or a methacrylate group, and R represents an organic group having a steroid skeleton). A liquid crystal material is sandwiched between substrates which is then irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the monofunctional monomer, thereby forming a polymer film at an interface of a substrate. The monofunctional monomer has a hydrophobic skeleton such as an alkyl chain and a photoreactive group on one side of the skeleton.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a wafer lens assembly capable of adhering a wafer lens and a spacer surely. The wafer lens assembly includes a first substrate including plural optical members formed of a curable resin on at least one surface, a second substrate joined to the first substrate, and a stop member arranged between the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates are adhered with an adhesive made of a photo-curable resin. The method includes an adhesive applying step of applying the adhesive made of a photo-curable resin on a joining area, a stop-member forming step, and a photo-curing step of irradiating and hardening the adhesive applied in the adhesive applying step with light after the stop-member forming step. The stop member is formed so as not to prevent the light irradiated in the photo-curing step from reaching the adhesive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing products having a specific geometry, in particular dental prostheses or auxiliary dental parts, comprising the steps of producing a plurality of products on the surface of a substrate plate by selective curing, in particular by selective sintering or melting, wherein the material is applied in successive layers, one or a plurality of predetermined regions are selectively cured by means of high-energy radiation and joined to one or a plurality of regions of the subjacent layer after each application of a layer, wherein the predetermined regions are predetermined according to a cross-sectional geometry of the product in the respective layer.

Abstract: A method for joining a first and a second component, at least one of which comprises a fibre-reinforced plastics material. The components are arranged in relation to one another in such a way that a gap region remains between the first and the second component. The gap region is filled, at least in portions, with an uncured plastics material filler in which nanoparticles are dispersed. Energy is introduced locally into the nanoparticles in order to cure the plastics material filler. In another aspect, the invention provides a device for joining two components.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing panels of the type which is at least composed of a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate, the top layer includes at least two material layers, amongst which a print, the method may involve applying the two material layers, such that the print is performed directly on the substrate and the print forms at least a portion of a printed decor. At least one of the two material layers may include a mixture having at least a thermally curing component and a radiation-curing component.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive (meth)acrylic resin composition being high in adhesiveness and capable of affording an adhered body which can be used at high temperatures of 250° C. or higher, and possessing low outgassing property and heat resistance. A (meth)acrylic resin composition including (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator that exhibits a mass loss on heating of 15% by mass or less when increasing temperature from 30° C. to 250° C. at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min. under nitrogen flow, wherein the glass transition temperature of a cured body obtained from the composition is 250° C. or higher.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure relates to an adhesive transfer layer that may be incorporated in a body adhering absorbent article. Various adhesive transfer layers and methods of constructing the same are described. For example, in one embodiment the adhesive transfer layer (ATL) may comprise a construction adhesive, a body attachment adhesive, a carrier and a peel strip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying nail tabs to roofing and building cover materials involving the steps of depositing tab material onto the surface of the roofing or building cover material, during or after its manufacture, resulting in a plurality of nail tabs from a lamination roll, and bonding the tabs to the surface of the material by pressure between the lamination roll and said surface. The method also encompasses depositing the tab material or pre-formed tabs by a pressure roll in contact with said surface. The tabs preferably are made substantially of a polymer material and may be hardened or cured by ultra-violet or visible light. The tabs may also be pre-formed and have adhesive backing.

Abstract: On an opposite substrate (2) of a liquid crystal display panel (1), a light-shielding film (3) is formed. The light-shielding film (3) has a transmittance of 20% or more at a wavelength in a wavelength range of not shorter than 350 nm and having shorter than 380 nm and has a transmittance of 50% or less at all wavelengths in a wavelength range of 430 nm and longer and 700 nm and shorter when the transmittance of the opposite substrate (2) is defined as 100%. In the liquid crystal display panel (1), a layer underneath the light-shielding film (3) can be sufficiently irradiated with a UV light even when the UV light is radiated from a substrate side on which the light-shielding film (3) is formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin porous membrane with an adhesive layer that exhibits excellent bonding precision and can be bonded to an adherend while maintaining the gas permeability of the porous membrane even when the porous membrane is small, and a method for producing the resin porous membrane with the adhesive layer. The present invention also provides the filter member including the resin porous membrane with the adhesive layer.

Abstract: An image reading device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, where the image reading device is capable of being assembled more efficiently. The image reading device includes: an optical part, extending long in a direction; a case, having an accommodating portion for accommodating the optical part; and a light receiving component, accommodated in the case. The optical part is fixed in the accommodating portion through a first adhesive and a second adhesive with hardening time longer than that of the first adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for use in an alkaline electrochemical cell comprising a QA polymer material, wherein the separator is substantially resistant to oxidation by silver oxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to pellets of ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers with a vinyl acetate content of ?40% by weight, based on the total weight of the ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer, as an embedding material for solar modules, wherein the pellets comprise, as additives, at least one UV activator and at least one silane coupling reagent, and to the use thereof for the production of films for solar modules.

Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic device including: a sample chamber; at least one analyzing unit receiving a sample from the sample chamber and detecting components contained in the sample according to a reaction of the sample and a reagent; and a denaturation detection chamber determining the storage condition of the microfluidic device, wherein the denaturation detection chamber accommodates a material whose light absorption changes according to the temperature and the water thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for manufacturing a label including providing a release sheet having an adhesive layer on a releasable surface thereof, forming the film-like label portion by electrophotography which includes developing a latent image using the label forming composition to form a solid image of a label shape on a photoconductor, transferring the developed image on the adhesive layer of the release sheet, and fixing the transferred image by applying heat and pressure thereto, and irradiating the film-like label portion and an exposed portion of the adhesive layer other than the film-like label portion with rays to cure the exposed portion.

Abstract: A joining device for arranging a component on a component carrier is disclosed. The joining device includes an application system for positioning the component in the joining device and a receptacle for clamping the component carrier in the joining device. The component is arranged on the component carrier by an adapter. A method for arranging the component on the component carrier is also disclosed.