Abstract: A fiber-reinforced polymer composite component formed from a polymer matrix material containing fiber reinforcement. The component comprises a main portion and at least one raised feature extending from a surface plane s of said main portion. The at least one raised feature is arranged to incur visually perceptible damage when the component is subject to an impact with an energy above a predetermined impact energy threshold and to resist an impact with an energy below the predetermined impact energy threshold.

Abstract: An aircraft structure (such as a T-shaped structure, a convex structure, a curved structure, or the like) includes: a laminated structure including composite-material layers that are laminated; and wherein the composite material aircraft structure is a three-dimensional structure that includes at least one of a standing structure, a convex structure, or a curved structure. The composite-material layers include at least a composite-material layer in which a reinforced fiber is a single continuous fiber, wherein the single continuous fiber includes a partial slit region. When a thickness of a flat-plate formed body including a same laminated structure as the aircraft structure but not including the three-dimensional structure, is defined as a reference thickness, the aircraft structure includes a thin plate region which has a thickness that is smaller than the reference thickness while maintaining the laminated structure.

Abstract: An additively manufactured cushion includes an array of interconnected surface lattice unit cells. The surface lattice unit cells are comprised of a unit cell surface portion configured as a Schoen F-RD minimal surface unit cell, and the unit cell surface portion is comprised of a rigid, flexible, or elastic polymer. In some embodiments, the surface lattice unit cells have an average width of from 1 to 100 millimeters and an average volume fraction of from 5 or 10 percent to 50 or 60 percent.

Abstract: A vehicle component includes a body, a first beam, and a second beam. The body has a first fixture region and a second fixture region. The first beam is formed of a first composite material and has a first beam shape. The first beam is attached to the body and extends between the first fixture region and the second fixture region of the body. The second beam is formed of a second composite material and has a second beam shape that is simple compared to the first beam shape. The second beam is attached to the body and extends between the first fixture region and the second fixture region of the body.

Abstract: Sanitary tissue product rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Moment of Inertia, Roll Density, and optionally Roll Diameter, such that the sanitary tissue product rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel sanitary tissue product rolls and marketing such novel sanitary tissue product rolls are provided.

Abstract: Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Individual rods include aligned unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. A plurality of rods are loosely attached, e.g. knitted, together with a coupling that allows for each rod to be axially displaced, e.g. slideable, relative to another rod.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method of manufacturing the same. The scaffold for tissue regeneration of the present invention includes grooves and ridges formed on one surface thereof, wherein the grooves or ridges have a plurality of nanopores formed thereon, thereby providing an environment suitable for attachment, differentiation, growth, and migration of cells. Therefore, the scaffold may be effectively used as a material for tissue regeneration.

Abstract: Laminated automotive glazing, once limited to just the windshield, is finding more and more application in other positions in vehicles due to its ability to reduce weight, as well as to improve passenger safety, security and comfort. Designing a laminate that can serve as a direct replacement for tempered glass can be challenging Tempered glass is 4 to 5 times stronger than annealed glass and the lamination process has limitations that are not present with tempered. In particular, it is difficult to produce thin laminated glazing with holes. The laminate of the invention comprises strengthened thin glass layers in combination with laminated inserts to provide a thin laminated glazing with holes that has all of the advantages inherent in a laminate while retaining the reliability and utility of a tempered part and further can serve as a direct replacement for a tempered part.

Abstract: A laminate vial includes a first laminate sheet including an outer paper layer and a middle barrier layer joined with the outer layer, the middle barrier layer joined with an inner layer formed of a plastic material. Also included is a second laminate sheet including an outer paper layer and a middle barrier layer joined with the outer layer, the middle barrier layer joined with an inner layer formed of a plastic material. The first laminate sheet is joined to the second laminate sheet to define a seal and a cavity. Recycled materials may be used in all of the layers of the laminate.

Abstract: A display device includes a support member including a through-hole, a polymer film disposed above a support member, a display panel disposed above a polymer film, a protective layer disposed above a display panel, and an electronic module. The polymer film includes a protrusion portion protruding toward the support member. The electronic module is disposed in a position corresponding to the through-hole and facing the protrusion portion.

Abstract: A ski, snowboard, or other gliding board for snow sports includes a horizontally-laminated core of at least first and second wooden layers overlying a low-friction base, and a layer of high-modulus non-wooden material, such as carbon fiber composite, overlying the core. The second wooden layer overlies at least a portion of the first wooden layer and preferably has a flexural modulus that is greater than a flexural modulus of the first layer. The wooden materials and dimensions of the first and second layers are selected to provide improved vibration damping. Manufacturing methods resulting in reduced waste and improved vibration damping performance are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative material having a stereoscopic visual effect and a better feel. A decorative material comprising at least a base material, comprising a first region and a second region within a plane of the decorative material when seen in planar view, wherein the first region includes a peelable ink decoration layer disposed on the base material and a first recess formed immediately above the peelable ink decoration layer, and the second region includes a second recess deeper than the first recess.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite material comprising glass fiber and a polymer blend comprising polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS), wherein the composite material comprises about 10 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of glass fibre, and wherein the polymer blend comprises about 20 wt-% to about 60 wt-% of PLA and about 40 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of PBS. The disclosure also relates to an article comprising the reinforced composite material.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an inflatable shock-absorbing cellular structure (1) which consists of two sealed sheets (10, 11) welded together along weld lines (100) that define inflatable cells (2), said inflatable cells (2) being arranged according to at least one two-dimensional matrix (MA) of n rows (L1-L6) and m columns (C1-C6) of cells (2), n and m being the same or different integers, each greater than or equal to 2, a peripheral cell (2) of the matrix (MA) being connected to an inflation nozzle (4). Said structure is characterised in particular in that: —the cells (2) are not contiguous; —the cells (2) of the row and/or column to which the peripheral cell (2) connected to the inflation nozzle (4) belongs communicate with one another through a channel (3) forming a constriction, while each remaining cell (2) of the matrix (MA) is also connected to at least one of the neighbouring cells (2) of the same row and/or the same column through a communication channel (3) forming a constriction.

Abstract: A composite panel exhibiting high flexural strength while reducing mass as compared with conventional composite panels is provided. The improved panel includes a rigid frame having outer edges defining a perimeter of the panel and inner edges defining a perimeter of a structural filler chamber, wherein the frame has a thickness at its outer edges that is narrower than at its inner edges; first and second sheet-like material layers bonded to opposite sides of the rigid frame to define, together with the inner edges of the rigid frame, a volume of the structural filler chamber; and a structural filler disposed in the chamber to provide compressive strength between the sheet-like material layers.

Abstract: A floor, wall, or ceiling panel and to a method for producing same. The panel has a base made of a wood material and an upper veneer. The base and the veneer are hot-pressed together while incorporating a resin layer. During the pressing process, pores, cracks, and/or gaps in the veneer are filled with resin. In particular, the pressing process is carried out such that the veneer is saturated with resin, and the resin can be seen on the surface of the veneer after the pressing process. The adhesion of the veneer to the base and the smoothing of the veneer are thus carried out in one operation.

Abstract: Core element for sandwich elements, wherein the core element has at least two hemisphere panels which are combined with one another, wherein each hemisphere panel has, between planar portions, and spaced apart from one another, uniform hemispherical elevations, wherein the two or in each case two hemisphere panels face one another by way of their elevations, wherein, with two or in each case two hemisphere panels combined with one another, the elevations of one hemisphere panel each bear with their apexes or apex surfaces against a planar portion of the other hemisphere panel, and wherein two hemisphere panels are connected to one another by virtue of the elevations being connected, in the region of their apexes or apex surfaces, to the planar portion of the other or another hemisphere panel against which they bear. Moreover, the invention also relates to the use of a core element and to a method for producing a core element.

Abstract: Provided are a foamed product with a high level of design, and the like. The problem is solved by a foamed product including: a foam medium with a first part protruded by foaming and a second part that is lower than the first part; and a decorative part with a plurality of decorative particles, formed only in the second part of the first part and the second part, and a manufacturing method for a foamed product, including: a first step of foaming a foam medium to form, in the foam medium, a first part protruded by the foaming and a second part that is lower than the first part; and a second step of fixing a plurality of decorative particles only to the second part of the first part and the second part.

Abstract: An adhesive wrapping system is provided. The adhesive wrapping system has a flexible sheet of material which has a planar layer and an opposing padding layer. The padding layer comprises a plurality of concave recessions, which when mated with the planar layer, forms gas-filled bubbles that provide a cushioning surface. The sheet of material further comprises a plurality of perforations which are linearly disposed across the sheet to provide a user with the ability to select a size and shape of material to be used. An adhesive is also disposed along at least one length of the sheet of material which secures the material to a desired surface, such as the sheet of material itself. A removable adhesive covering is disposed over the adhesive to preserve the adhesive until the adhesive is exposed for use.

Abstract: The invention relates to plate that comprises an upper strip (1), a lower strip (2), both of which are flat, and a multidirectionally folded, curved or undulate intermediate structure (3) arranged between the upper strip (1) and the lower strip (2), and which is joined to the upper (1) and lower (2) strips at contact zones or connection points (4) and (5), intermittently located and distributed, such that it defines at least two chambers, channels or hollow spaces, interstitial (6) and (7) and continuous, which extend throughout the plate in at least two different directions. This way, a lightweight plate is obtained that is structurally, acoustically and thermally resistant, easy to systematically manufacture or mount and can be efficiently used as an integral system for constructing slabs and similar, since the inner holes can also be used as integrated accessible channels for installations.