Abstract: There is provided a laminated glass with a functional film having good design property for a long term by suppressing a peeling at an interface between a functional film and an intermediate bonding layer. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; a pair of intermediate bonding layers brought into contact with facing surfaces of the pair of glass plates; and a functional film arranged between the pair of intermediate bonding layers, wherein a thickness measured at an end portion of the laminated glass is smaller by 5 ?m or more than a thickness of the laminated glass measured at a position on the inside by 10 mm from the end portion, and at least one of intermediate bonding layers has moisture permeability (A) being a degree of moisture permeability at 40° C. and 90% RH measured by JIS Z 0208: 1976 of 50 g/m2·day or less.

Abstract: A method of producing a substrate includes an imprint layer forming step of forming an imprint layer on a surface of a foundation layer and boring a contact hole through a location in the imprint layer that overlaps at least a part of a foundation conductive layer of the foundation layer, a groove forming step of, by partially depressing a surface of the imprint layer, forming a conductive layer forming groove at least a part of which communicates with the contact hole, and a conductive layer forming step of forming a conductive layer in the conductive layer forming groove and the contact hole.

Abstract: A friction clutch assembly for an automatic transmission, a friction clutch plate, and a method of forming a friction clutch plate are provided. The method includes providing a friction material layer for a face of the friction clutch plate and cutting the friction material layer with a laser beam to form a plurality of grooves within the friction material layer. In one version, a friction plate for the friction clutch assembly includes an annular core plate having first and second opposed faces and defining an outer edge and an inner edge. Friction material is affixed to at least one of the first and second opposed faces. The friction material defines a plurality of grooves within the friction material, each groove being bordered by friction material having a ridge. The cross-section of the ridge has a corner having a radius of curvature that is less than 300 microns.

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of pixels configured to display images. A display cover layer may overlap the array of pixels. A light sensor such as a color ambient light sensor may be mounted in the electronic device and may receive ambient light through an ambient light sensor window region in the display cover layer or other portion of the electronic device. A diffuser may be located between the display cover layer and the ambient light sensor. The diffuser may have a substrate such as a glass substrate. A lens layer may be supported by the substrate. The lens layer may be formed from a layer of ultraviolet-light-curable polymer in which an array of lenses has been formed. An infrared-light-blocking-and-visible-light-transmitting filter may be used to reduce infrared light reaching the ambient light sensor.

Abstract: A display device including: a plurality of unit portions repeatedly arranged in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction; a plurality of display units respectively arranged above the plurality of unit portions; and a plurality of encapsulation layers respectively encapsulating the plurality of display units, wherein each of the plurality of unit portions includes an island where a display unit and an encapsulation layer are located, and at least one connection unit connected to the island, and islands of two unit portions adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other, and connection units of the two unit portions adjacent to each other are connected to each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a slipsheet and/or divider sheet and method for making the same, and method for moving and storing containers with use of the slipsheets or divider sheets. The sheets have an imprint or an embossing that provides a raised planar surface. The raised planar surface preferably comprises a plurality of ridges, crowns or crests, which are preferably arranged in a pattern throughout an upper surface of the sheet. To make the sheet, a die can be etched to have protuberances or bumps, and the die is preferably pressed into a sheet of pliable thermoplastic material. The sheet thus made has a plurality of indentations formed by the protuberances or bumps on the die, and the sheet has a planar outer surface comprising a plurality of ridges, crowns and crests between the indentations.

Abstract: Disclosed are embossed microporous membranes, as well as articles (e.g., battery separators, materials, textiles, composites, and laminates) comprising the embossed microporous membranes. Also provided are methods of making and/or using embossed microporous membranes.

Abstract: A blue-cut wafer can be coupled to a lens, such that the blue-cut wafer can be configured to reduce by absorption at least a portion of light having a first wavelength range from 400 nanometers to 500 nanometers, preferably from 400 nanometers to 460 nanometers. The blue-cut wafer can permit light having a second wavelength range, the second wavelength range being greater than the first wavelength range, and homogenize a color appearance and a blue-cut performance level of the blue-cut wafer based on the blue-cut wafer having a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness within twenty percent of a nominal thickness of the blue-cut wafer.

Abstract: A reinforced oxide-oxide CMC component for a gas turbine engine includes a composite body and a structural element embedded in the composite body, where the composite body comprises a 2D oxide-oxide composite and the structural element comprises a 3D oxide-oxide composite. The 2D oxide-oxide composite includes 2D woven or nonwoven oxide fibers in a first oxide matrix, and the 3D oxide-oxide composite includes 3D woven oxide fibers in a second oxide matrix. The first oxide matrix and the second oxide matrix may comprise the same or a different oxide.

Abstract: An apparatus and heat transfer system, the apparatus comprising: a substrate; a plurality of nucleation sites provided on the substrate; a nanostructured surface surrounding the nucleation sites arranged to enable coalescence induced droplet jumping; wherein both the plurality of nucleation sites and the nanostructured surface are hydrophobic.

Abstract: Provided is a powder material for forming a three-dimensional object, the powder material containing granulated particles containing: a resin; and inorganic particles of which primary particles have a volume average particle diameter of 1 micrometer or less, wherein the granulated particles have a volume average particle diameter of 10 micrometers or greater but 70 micrometers or less and a BET specific surface area of 6 m2/g or greater but 8 m2/g or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rectangular panel intended for lining a substrate, which panel comprises a base element comprising a decorative design on the visible surface thereof remote from the substrate. The decorative design depicts a plurality of strips shaped as parallelograms, one pair of parallelogram sides in each case forming a portion of the long side of the panel while the two other sides of the parallelogram extend obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the panel. According to the invention, at least two strips have a strip width that is different from one another.

Abstract: A method for matching and tracking workpieces in laser etching operation includes generating by the computer a label image that uniquely identifies the workpiece, moving a laser head to the workpiece, setting the laser head to a first power level by a power controller, etching the product image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the first power level in accordance with a product image in a pixel wise fashion across the workpiece, moving the laser head to the label by the transport mechanism, setting the laser head to a second power level by the power controller, etching the label image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the second power level in accordance with the label image in a pixel wise fashion across the label.

Abstract: A projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD) is presented. The arrangement has a vehicle windshield that includes an outer pane and an inner pane bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The vehicle windshield has an upper edge, a lower edge, and an HUD region. The thickness of the thermoplastic intermediate layer in the vertical course between the upper edge and the lower edge varies, at least in the HUD region, according to a wedge angle. The arrangement also has a projector that is aimed at the HUD region to generate a virtual image at a projection distance of at least 5 m. According to one aspect, a vertical radius of curvature in the HUD region is at least 6 m and a maximum value of the wedge angle is less than or equal to 0.3 mrad.

Abstract: The invention relates to a strip-shaped plastic object (1), having a longitudinal extent (2) and, perpendicular thereto, a strip width (3) and a strip thickness (4), wherein the strip-shaped plastic object (1) comprises an at least partially crystalline, thermoplastic plastic material, which is stretched monoaxially, or predominantly monoaxially, in the direction of the longitudinal extent (2). The strip width (3) and the longitudinal extent (2) form an upper (5) and a lower surface (6), which surfaces (5, 6) are spaced apart from each other by the strip thickness (4), wherein at least one of the surfaces (5, 6) has an embossment (7). The embossment (7) is formed by embossing impressions (8) distributed over the strip width (3) and over the longitudinal extent (2), wherein the embossing impression (8) has a length (9), a width (10), and a depth (11) extending in the direction of the strip thickness (4).

Abstract: The cellulose product comprises at least a first ply of embossed cellulose material and a second ply of embossed cellulose material, glued together. The first ply comprises: a first series of embossing protuberances with a first height (H?1) and a top surface to which a glue is applied which bonds the first ply and the second ply to one another; a second series of micro-embossing protuberances with a second height (H?2) lower than the first height (H?1); a third series of micro-embossing protuberances with a third height (H?3) lower than the second height (H?2). The protuberances of the first series are distributed over areas of the first ply, where the micro-embossing protuberances of the second series and the micro-embossing protuberances of the third series are absent.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region is hydrophobic and the second region is hydrophilic.

Abstract: A flexible substrate are disclosed comprising an amorphous inorganic composition, wherein the substrate has a thickness of less than about 250 ?m and has at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio less than about 9.5 (?m)?1/2, or b) a fracture toughness of at least about 0.75 MPa·(m)1/2. Electronic devices comprising such flexible devices are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for making a flexible substrate comprising selecting an amorphous inorganic material capable of forming a substrate having a thickness of less than about 250 ?m and having at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio of less than about 9.5 (?m)?1/2, or b) a fracture toughness of at least about 0.75 MPa·(m)1/2; and then forming a substrate from the selected inorganic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic zinc catalyst which exhibits more improved catalytic activity than conventional organic zinc catalysts during a polymerization process for the preparation of a polyalkylene carbonate resin and is capable of preventing an aggregation phenomenon during a reaction, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin using the organic zinc catalyst. The method for preparing an organic zinc catalyst includes the step of reacting a zinc precursor with a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a polyether derivative to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst.

Abstract: A porous electrolyte membrane including a first main surface and a second main surface that are separated by a thickness, where carbon nanotubes, defining through-pores or through-channels that are open at their two ends, have a diameter smaller than or equal to 100 nm, are oriented in the direction of the thickness of the membrane, and are all substantially parallel over the entire thickness of the membrane, connect the first main surface and the second main surface; the carbon nanotubes are separated by a space, and the space between the carbon nanotubes is completely filled with at least one solid material, and an electrolyte is confined inside the carbon nanotubes. A method for preparing the membrane and an electrochemical device, such as a lithium accumulator or battery, including the electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, systems, and system components for creating and arranging small (micron and smaller) defects or perforations in transparent materials in a particular manner, and, more particularly, to the arrangement of these defects, each of which has an average crack length, in a predetermined spaced-apart relation (each defect separated from an adjacent defect by a predetermined distance) defining a contour in a transparent material to lower the relative interface fracture toughness for subsequent planned induced separation.

Abstract: A body of a superstrate can be used to form an adaptive planarization layer over a substrate that has a non-uniform topography. A body of a superstrate can have bending characteristics that are well suited to achieve both conformal and planarization behavior. The body can have a surface and a thickness in a range of t1 to t2, t1=(Pd4/2Eh)1/3; t2=(5Pd4/2Eh)1/3; P is a pressure corresponding to a capillary force between the body and a planarization precursor material; d is a bending distance; E is Young's modulus for the body; and h is a step height difference between two adjacent regions of a substrate. In an embodiment, a thickness can be selected and used to determine the maximum out-of-plane displacement, wmax, for conformal behavior is sufficient and that wmax for planarization behavior is below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: To provide a curable composition for nanoimprinting that can form a cured product that has a sufficiently cured surface and is less prone to a pattern collapse defect even when the curable composition is cured by a photo-nanoimprint method at a low exposure dose. To provide a nanoimprint method for forming such a cured product. To provide a cured product that is less prone to a pattern collapse defect even when cured at a low exposure dose, a method for producing such a cured product, a method for manufacturing an optical component, a method for manufacturing a circuit board, and a method for manufacturing an electronic component. A curable composition that satisfies the formula (1) in a cured state: Er1/Er2?1.10??(1) wherein Er1 denotes the surface reduced modulus (GPa) of a cured product of the curable composition, and Er2 denotes the internal reduced modulus (GPa) of the cured product.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which double images in laminated glass can be considerably suppressed.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a cover member curved when viewed in a first axis direction along a first axis; and a display panel disposed on one side of the cover member. The cover member has a first surface facing the display panel and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface. The first surface forms a straight line and at least a part of the second surface forms a curved line in a cross-section orthogonal to a second axis that is along a straight line extending from one end to the other end of the cover member when viewed in the first axis direction.

Abstract: There are provided a PI substrate, a preparation method thereof and a display device. The preparation method includes: forming a first separable film at an edge region of a substrate; forming a first-layer polyamic acid (PAA) film on the first separable film and the substrate; stripping the first separable film and the first-layer PAA film that covers the first separable film to expose the edge region of the substrate; and performing imidization on the first-layer PAA film on the substrate with the edge region exposed, to enable the first-layer PAA film to be transformed into a first-layer PI film, thereby avoiding uneven film thicknesses at edges of the first-layer PI substrates.

Abstract: A consumable filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, where the consumable filament comprises a core portion of a matrix of a first base polymer and particles dispersed within the matrix, and a shell portion comprising a same or a different base polymer. The consumable filament is configured to be melted and extruded to form roads of a plurality of solidified layers of a three-dimensional part, and where the roads at least partially retain cross-sectional profiles corresponding to the core portion and the shell portion of the consumable filament and retain the particles within the roads of the printed part and do not penetrate the outer surface of the shell portion.

Abstract: A method of reducing aldehyde concentration in a vehicle cabin air, the method includes applying a solution comprising aldehyde scavenger(s) onto an outer surface of a foam article located or to be located within a vehicle cabin to form a top layer of the article such that aldehyde species are trapped within the article and prevented from being released into the cabin air.

Abstract: A security device is provided including a first pattern of elements and a second, overlapping, pattern of elements spaced by a transparent layer, the first and second patterns in combination obstructing the passage of light transmitted to a viewer through the device to a varying degree depending on the viewing position. The first and second patterns of elements are configured such that a first region of the device exhibits a maximum change in the degree of obstruction when the device is tilted relative to the viewer about a first tilt axis, and a second region of the device exhibits a maximum change in the degree of obstruction when the device is tilted relative to the viewer about a second tilt axis which is not parallel to the first tilt axis.

Abstract: A panel assembly that includes at least a first upper base layer made of a thermoplastic material that includes fibers therein, at least a first lower base layer made of a thermoplastic material that includes fibers therein, and at least a first reinforcement layer sandwiched or positioned between the first upper base layer and first lower base layer. The upper and lower surfaces of the first reinforcement layer have a smaller surface area than the upper and lower surfaces of the first upper and first lower base layers. The lower surface of the first upper base layer is welded to the upper surface of the first reinforcement layer, and the lower surface of the first reinforcement layer is welded to the upper surface of the first lower base layer.

Abstract: A method for producing a flexible mounting substrate. The method comprises preparing a flexible substrate having a mounting region for mounting an electronic component on an arrangement surface of the flexible substrate, the electronic component including at least one bump, arranging a thermosetting anisotropic conductive film having conductive particles on the mounting region, arranging the electronic component on the anisotropic conductive film, and pressing the electronic component while heating to electrically connect the at least one bump of the electronic component to the mounting region of the flexible substrate, and adhering an adhesion film having an adhesive layer including an adhesive and a base film laminated together on a support surface that is opposite to the arrangement surface of the flexible substrate at least at a portion located on a back surface side of the mounting region before electrically connecting the electronic component and the mounting region.

Abstract: A decorative resin molded article includes a resin sheet having, as formed on one side thereof, convex projections made of an ink containing a UV-curable resin and a colorant, and therefore having, on that one side thereof, a design of a color pattern and a concave and convex pattern synchronizing with each other, and a resin injection-molded body as laminated and integrated on the other side of the resin sheet through injection molding of a synthetic resin thereon.

Abstract: A method of forming a 3D glass article from a glass sheet includes locating the glass sheet on a mold assembly including a mold surface with a 3D surface profile corresponding to that of the 3D glass article. The glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature. The forming temperature is greater than a temperature of the mold surface. The heated glass sheet is forced onto the mold surface by applying a pressurized gas to a first surface of the glass sheet opposite the mold surface to conform the glass sheet to the mold surface with the glass sheet at the forming temperature that is greater than the temperature of the mold surface.

Abstract: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical member with which degradation of adhesion between a substrate containing triacetylcellulose and a polymer layer caused by moisture absorption is suppressed. An optical member according to the present invention includes a substrate and a polymer layer in direct contact with the substrate and having an indented structure on a surface thereof, the indented structure including multiple protrusions formed at a pitch not greater than a wavelength of visible light. Triacetylcellulose is present in at least a surface of the substrate on the polymer layer side, the polymer layer is formed from a polymerizable composition polymerizable by active energy ray irradiation, and the polymerizable composition contains 30 parts by weight or more and 75 parts by weight or less of a polyfunctional acrylate, 25 parts by weight or more and 60 parts by weight or less of a monofunctional monomer having a tertiary amide group, and 0.

Abstract: A transparent protection window, a flexible display apparatus, and associated method, the transparent protection window including a first area extending in one direction, the first area having a first thickness; a second area extending in a direction different from that of the first area, the second area having a second thickness; and a third area connecting the first area to the second area, the third area including a portion having a curved surface, wherein the first thickness of the first area is less than the second thickness of the second area.

Abstract: A retroreflective sheeting, comprising a surface protective layer; the surface protective layer comprises at least one acrylic polymer; the glass-transition temperature (Tg) of the product generated from the reaction of the acrylic polymer is 10° C.-35° C. and the coagulation ratio is 0%-95%; such retroreflective sheeting has favorable weatherability, low-temperature embossing resistance and adhesion resistance; it also discloses a vehicle license plate adopting the retroreflective sheeting.

Abstract: A curable composition for photoimprint at least includes a polymerizable compound component (A) and a photopolymerization initiator component (B) and satisfies expression (1) and (2): 0.800?Er10/Er200??(1) 2.55?Er10??(2) wherein, Er10 represents the reduced modulus (GPa) of a photocured film prepared by exposing a film of the curable composition for photoimprint to light of 10 mJ/cm2; and Er200 represents the reduced modulus (GPa) of a photocured film prepared by exposing a film of the curable composition for photoimprint to light of 200 mJ/cm2.

Abstract: A method of forming a 3D glass article from a glass sheet includes locating the glass sheet on a mold assembly including a mold surface with a 3D surface profile corresponding to that of the 3D glass article. The glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature. The forming temperature is greater than a temperature of the mold surface. The heated glass sheet is forced onto the mold surface by applying a pressurized gas to a first surface of the glass sheet opposite the mold surface to conform the glass sheet to the mold surface with the glass sheet at the forming temperature that is greater than the temperature of the mold surface.

Abstract: A razor blade substrate having a substrate that includes a blade edge portion having a profiled geometry which is covered by a strengthening coating deposited on the razor blade substrate at least at the blade edge portion. The strengthening coating covering the blade edge tip, having a profiled geometry and having a tapering geometry with two coating sides converge toward a blade edge tip. The strengthening coating includes a strengthening layer made of a titanium- and boron-containing material.

Abstract: Three-dimensional polymeric article (100) having first (101) and second (102) opposed major surfaces, a first dimension perpendicular to a second dimension, a thickness orthogonal to the first and second dimensions, and a plurality of alternating first (107) and second (109) polymeric regions along the first or second dimensions, wherein the first (107) and second (108) regions extend at least partially across the second dimension, wherein the first regions (107) are in a common plane (115) and wherein some of the second regions (108) project outwardly from the plane (115) in a first direction (generally perpendicular from the plane), and some of the second regions (108) project outwardly from the plane (115) in a second direction that is generally 180 degrees from the first direction, where the first regions (107) have a first crosslink density, wherein the second regions (108) have a second crosslink density, and wherein the second crosslink density of the second regions (108) are less than the first crossl

Abstract: Substrates having a textured surface that can maintain or improve droplet mobility in both the Cassie and Wenzel states include a textured surface and a conformal lubricant layer thereover. The textured surface can include a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon and the conformal lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and covering the plurality of second elements. The plurality of raised first elements can have an average height of between 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m, and the plurality of second elements can have an average height of between 0.01 ?m and 10 ?m. Such substrates can be prepared by texturing a surface of a substrate with a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon; optionally silanizing the textured surface and applying a lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and between the plurality of second elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is a conformable, stretchable and electrical conductive structure, which includes an auxetic structure, and a plurality of electrical conductors. The plurality of electrical conductors being incorporated within the auxetic structure, to form conformable, stretchable electrical interconnects, configured based on a design of the auxetic structure and placement of the electrical conductors incorporated with the auxetic structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article with a chassis body having a first end margin and a second end margin longitudinally spaced from the first end margins. The article further includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent composite disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and absorbent particles disposed between the first and second fabric. The first fabric is intermittently attached to the second fabric to define a plurality of containers situated therebetween, each containing an aggregate of absorbent particles. The absorbent composite includes regions of such absorbent particles aggregates, including a primary region having containers of a first size and a secondary region having a plurality of containers of a second size.

Abstract: Three-dimensional polymeric article (100) having first (101) and second (102) opposed major surfaces, a base body (103) having a first dimension, a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension, and a thickness, wherein the thickness is orthogonal to the first and second dimensions, wherein the base body (103) comprises a plurality of alternating, adjacent first (107) and second (108) polymeric regions along the first dimension, wherein the second dimensions of the first (107) and second (108) regions extend at least partially across the second dimensions, wherein the first regions (107) have a first crosslink density, wherein the second regions (108) have a second crosslink density, wherein the second crosslink density of the second regions (108) are less than the first crosslink density of the first regions (107), wherein the first and second regions extend perpendicularly in two directions from a central plane (115) in the base body (103) parallel to the first and second dimensions of the polymeric

Abstract: A silicon carbide epitaxial substrate includes a silicon carbide single crystal substrate and a silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide single crystal substrate has a first main surface. The silicon carbide layer is on the first main surface. The silicon carbide layer includes a second main surface opposite to a surface thereof in contact with the silicon carbide single crystal substrate. The second main surface has a maximum diameter of more than or equal to 100 mm. The second main surface includes an outer peripheral region which is within 3 mm from an outer edge of the second main surface, and a central region surrounded by the outer peripheral region. The central region has a haze of less than or equal to 75 ppm.

Abstract: Polyvinyl acetal films with less blocking tendency and which allow for escape of gas during laminating to form laminated composities are prepared by a process for embossing a film comprising plasticized polyvinyl acetal with a roughness Rz on at least one surfaces of 20 to 100 ?m by the steps of a. extruding of plasticised polyvinyl acetal to a film with a stochastic roughness of the surfaces of Rz =1 to 70 ?m, b. embossing at least one surface of the film obtained in step a) with channels having a depth of 5-50 ?m, a width of 10-200 ?m and a pitch of 50-2500 ?m, wherein c. the surface roughness of the elevations between the channels is at most 20% lower as obtained in step a).

Abstract: A process for debundling a carbon fiber tow into dispersed chopped carbon fibers suitable for usage in molding composition formulations is provided. A carbon fiber tow is fed into a die having fluid flow openings, through which a fluid impinges upon the side of the tow to expand the tow cross sectional area. The expanded cross sectional area tow extends from the die into the path of a conventional fiber chopping apparatus to form chopped carbon fibers, or through contacting tines of a mechanical debundler. Through adjustment of the relative position of fluid flow openings relative to a die bore through which fiber tow passes, the nature of the fluid impinging on the tow, the shape of the bore, in combinations thereof, an improved chopped carbon fiber dispersion is achieved. The chopped carbon fiber obtained is then available to be dispersed in molding composition formulations prior to formulation cure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated plate (laminated glass plate 102 for a vehicle) including a first plate (first glass plate 201) being curved in a first curved shape, a second plate (second glass plate 202) having a second shape that is different from the first curved shape, and an intermediate film 301 bonding the first plate and the second plate, in which the laminated plate has, in a planar view thereof, a peripheral region 313 and an in-plane region 314, and the peripheral region 313 has a flat region 313a and an undulating region 313b.

Abstract: A process for producing a textured laminate sheet includes a) positioning a substrate material adjacent a barbed face of a metal sheet. The barbed face has a plurality of barbs, and the metal sheet has an opposed face opposite the barbed face. The process further includes b) forcing the metal sheet and the substrate material together to impale the substrate material on the barbs and secure the substrate material and the metal sheet together as a laminate sheet, and c) debossing the opposed face to form a plurality of depressions in the laminate sheet and texture the laminate sheet.