Abstract: A semiconductor device having a first rectangular chip on which wires, electrode pads and chip mounting area are provided, a first dame formed on the first rectangular chip around the electrode pads and the chip mounting area so as to cover the wires and an under fill formed by filling liquid resin between a second rectangular chip mounted on the chip mounting area in a flip-chip manner and the first rectangular chip.

Abstract: An apparatus for minimizing parasitic capacitance on a semiconductor die includes a semiconductor die having a least one signal line and at least one plane and an anti pad located between the at least one signal line and the at least one plane.

Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated circuit chip package and a method of connecting an integrated circuit chip and an attachment subject to each other while interposing an adhesive therebetween. The connection between integrated circuit chip and the attachment subject stress often leads to component failure and the addition of an interface layer with a similar thermal expansion coefficient improves reliability. The method may include applying the adhesive on the attachment subject, forming an interface layer between the integrated circuit chip and the adhesive wherein the interface layer has a thermal expansion coefficient similar to a thermal expansion coefficient of the integrated circuit chip. By connecting an integrated circuit chip and the attachment subject to each other by an adhesive via the interface layer, the generation of delamination is minimized and reliability is improved.

Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor device including a rectangular chip provided on a mounting region of a substrate, a liquid resin layer provided under the rectangular chip and on a side surface of the chip, and a plurality of dams formed on the substrate so as to extend along the side surface of the rectangular chip. The configuration allows the semiconductor device to be provided with the substrate having a reduced size which is achieved by preventing a liquid resin from flowing out.

Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device may include a substrate including at least one device layer and at least one connector arranged thereon, and a resin cover covering each side of the substrate, the resin cover on at least one side of the substrate including an opening exposing the connector and the resin cover on at least one other side of the substrate exposing a portion of the substrate.

Abstract: Liquid crystalline epoxy compounds, compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. In one aspect, an epoxy compound may have a melting point that is less than 140° C. and may be liquid crystalline at a temperature greater than 150° C.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes: a laminate structure, including a semiconductor chip, partially sealed with a resin; and a stress relief section for relieving a stress during resin sealing, provided as a convex section including a plain top surface on an uppermost section of the laminate structure, the stress relief section being provided in an annular shape on a peripheral region of the uppermost section so as to come into contact with the sealing resin. This makes it possible to improve the manufacturing yield of the semiconductor device in which the member of the uppermost section is exposed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a portable misting fan formed by upper and lower body portions which are joined together along a joint. The joint is improved by providing the lower body portion with a non-circular neck portion along its top end, and wherein the upper body portion includes two halves which terminate in lower body collar sections, intended to be joined together in overlying relationship relative to the neck portion. A rail and groove system is employed as between the upper first and second body portions, and the neck portion, so that the rails will slidingly engage the grooves in the neck portion rendering the joint resistant to rotation. The neck portion includes an aperture into which a sleeve is press fitted, the sleeve includes upper and lower lips, and the lower body collar sections include inwardly extending flanges which overlie and engage the upper and lower lips formed in the sleeve, thereby brace and secure the pump assembly within the device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved handheld water misting fan device wherein the power source compartment is positioned within the device at a location remote from the fan motor thereby to remove any structure from the area bounded by the fan shroud. The relocation of the power source compartment leaves the area bounded by the shroud substantially unobstructed thereby to improve air flow. The device is formed in a dog bone shaped configuration to provide a narrow handle section for improved grippability, and an enlarged fluid reservoir at the lower end thereof for greater reservoir capacity.

Abstract: A water purifying apparatus includes a tubular portion having an inlet for receiving water and an outlet for emitting the water, and a nozzle portion disposed inside the tubular portion to allow the water flowing through the tubular portion to pass therethrough. The nozzle portion has a nozzle opening for discharging the water toward the outlet. The tubular portion is provided with air supply means for mixing air taken in from outside the tubular portion with the water discharged from the nozzle opening. The nozzle opening has a shape defined by one line segment or a combination of a plurality of line segments.

Abstract: In a humidifier including a hollow fiber membrane bundle housed in a case, the hollow fiber membranes exchange water therethrough between the first and second gases flowing inside and outside the hollow fiber membrane to humidify one of the first and second gases having the water content lower than the other, and an annular mesh member throttles a part near the gas outlet of the second gas to provide a space between the part and the gas outlet of the second gas to easily discharge the second gas.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermoplastic resin film, comprising the steps of: discharging a molten thermoplastic resin in film form from a die; and conveying the discharged film by a plurality of multi-staged cooling rollers with the discharged film contacting the rollers to cool the discharged film at multiple stages, wherein the temperature of surface of a first cooling roller out of the plurality of cooling rollers provided at multiple stages, the first cooling roller being positioned at the most upstream side in the direction in which the film is conveyed, ranges from the glass-transition temperature (Tg) of the thermoplastic resin?40° C. or higher to Tg+30° C. or lower.

Abstract: An optical article, having an almost complete isotropy and dimensions equal to or lower than 500 ?m, is prepared in which the sol-gel procedure comprises a preliminar step wherein the mould is cool filled with a sol containing the interesting oxide precursors, the sol gelation, the gel drying, the removal of gel from the mould and the final miniaturization of the dried gel. The optical article can be used for optic telecommunications.

Abstract: Methods of producing polyphosphazene microspheres comprising admixing aqueous solutions of a water-soluble polyphosphazene and an organic amine, or salt thereof, are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pellet aggregate by melting a raw material including a saturated norbornene resin and an additive to prepare a fluid, and cutting the fluid into pellets. In the method, the cutting of the fluid into the pellets is performed in a liquid to separate powder generated in manufacturing the pellets together with the liquid. And/Or, the manufactured pellets are passed through a sieve having a mesh size of 1 mm or more and 2 mm or less to separate powder generated in manufacturing the pellets. Whereby, the content of the powder in the pellet aggregate becomes a predetermined amount or less.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a polymerizable dental composition comprising the steps of (a) preparing a liquid mixture comprising (i) 1 to 99% w/w of a hybrid monomer component containing at least one hybrid monomer compound having one hydrolysable siloxane group and at least one polymerizable organic moiety, and (ii) 99 to 1% w/w of a monomer component polymerizable with the polymerizable organic moiety of the hybrid monomer compounds; and (b) adding at least a stoichiometrically sufficient amount of water to the mixture to hydrolyse the hydrolysable siloxane group of the hybrid monomer compound and to form spherical polymerizable nanoparticles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 nm dispersed in the monomer component, whereby the nanoparticles have a structure with Si—O—Si bonds and peripherally exposed polymerizable organic moieties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration for tooling in a structure, such as, for example, a fuselage. In one implementation, the tooling comprises at least two conductors that create a force to vibrate the media in the tooling, which improves the compaction of the media in the tooling and the extraction of the media from the tooling. Other implementations may be used for compaction and/or extraction of the media in the tooling.

Abstract: A mould (2) for preparing of large structures, such as wind turbine blades, is provided. Furthermore, methods of manufacturing and use of such a mould (2) are provided. The mould (2) comprises a support structure (4), an air-drainage structure (6) and an air-permeable surface member (8). Ile mould is particularly suitable for preparing of moulded items with an in-mould coating.

Abstract: A resin composition, includes: an aliphatic polyester; a second polymer compound having a glass transition point higher than a glass transition point of the aliphatic polyester; and aluminum phosphate.

Abstract: A method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto a fibrous substrate. More particularly, a method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto fibrous substrates without regard to chemical or physical incompatibilities of the polymeric coating materials. A first polymeric material is applied onto at least one fibrous substrate, and a second polymeric material is applied onto a support. The fibrous substrate and support are joined, contacting the first polymeric material with the second polymeric material, followed by separating the support from the fibrous substrate, such that at least a portion of the second polymeric material remains on the first polymeric material on the fibrous substrate.

Abstract: In a method of producing a stamper for roughening a substrate of an optical recording medium, a masking treatment is carried out prior to a blasting treatment, whereby a second pit forming site of a metal plate is protected such that the second pit forming site is not broken in the following blasting treatment. A mask of an adhesive sheet is attached to the second pit forming site in the masking treatment, and then a part of one major surface of the metal plate, exposed between the mask, is roughened in the blasting treatment. An original stamper of the metal plate, having a partly roughened major surface, is obtained by the blasting treatment.

Abstract: A rear end portion of a leading TAC film and a front end portion of a following TAC film are connected using a double-sided adhesive tape and acetone, in order to stretch the TAC films continuously in a tenter. The double-sided adhesive tape is constituted of a base whose material is same as the TAC film and an adhesive layer coated on both surfaces of the base. Acetone is one of solvents used for preparing a dope in the TAC film production. The double-sided adhesive tape is firstly stuck on an upper surface of the rear end portion of the leading TAC film. Acetone is then applied, using a spray, on coating areas of the rear end portion of the leading TAC film. After that, the front end portion of the following TAC film is layered on the rear end portion of the leading TAC film, and the films are pressed and connected.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally to methods for making fiber reinforced polypropylene composite pellets using pre-cut fiber fed to a compounding extruder by improved fiber feeder systems. One form of the method includes feeding into a compounding extruder at least 25 wt % polypropylene based polymer, from 5 to 60 wt % pre-cut organic fiber, and from 0 to 60 wt % inorganic filler; and extruding, cooling and pelletizing the resultant mixture of components to form fiber reinforced polypropylene composite pellets; wherein the pre-cut organic fiber is fed from a feeder including a feeder hopper, one or more conditioning augers/agitators, one or more metering augers below the feeder hopper, and a means for controlling the speed of the conditioning augers/agitators and metering augers; and wherein an article molded from the pellets has a flexural modulus of at least 2.07 GPa and exhibits ductility during instrumented impact testing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a lavatory dispensing device useful for the delivery of at least one treatment composition, preferably a cleaning composition and/or a sanitizing composition to a sanitary appliance.

Abstract: A rear end portion of a leading TAC film and a front end portion of a following TAC film are dissolved in acetone and connected. After being stretched in a tenter, the TAC films are sent to an edge slitting device. In the edge slitting device, both side edges of the TAC films that are held with clips are slit along slit lines. The slit side edges are cut into pieces by a cutter blower and then shredded into chips by a crusher. Since the slit side edges of the leading and following TAC films are welded with acetone, they can be recycled as being connected.

Abstract: A method for the production of a plastics pipe (9) comprising an inner core and an outer removable skin bonded thereto, which method comprises co-extruding molten polymeric materials forming the inner core and the outer removable skin layer from one or more extruder dies, bringing the polymeric materials together and allowing them to solidify, and conditioning the solidified polymeric materials at a temperature and for a time sufficient to influence the adhesion of the outer skin layer to the inner core, such that on cooling the adhesion of the outer skin layer to the inner core is sufficient to prevent substantial undesired relative movement between the skin layer and the core during installation of the pipe (9), but insufficient to prevent the outer skin layer from being clearly removed by peeling, at least at the ends of the pipe (9), and insufficient to cause a substantial reduction in the impact strength of the inner core.

Abstract: For producing a creped material, especially a sealing material for connections and transitions on buildings, with this material being provided with crepe folds, wherein the crepe folds run in different directions, a method is disclosed with the steps of: a) preparing a deformable material web (9) with a main expansion direction (90); b1) forming a longitudinal profile (91) in at least one region of the deformable material web (9), wherein the longitudinal profile runs essentially parallel to the main expansion direction (90); c) forming a transverse profile (94) in at least one region of the deformable material web (9), wherein the transverse profile (94) runs at an angle other than 180° relative to the main expansion direction (90); and d) pressing at least one section of the deformable material web (9) that has at least one region with a longitudinal profile (91) and a transverse profile (94), so that the material web (9) is provided with the crepe folds.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a uniform membrane coating to a substrate, such as a honeycomb structure, having a plurality of through-channels, wherein the through-channels have an average diameter of less than or equal to 3 mm. The method includes providing a liquid precursor comprising membrane-forming materials to the substrate and applying a pressure differential across the substrate. The pressure differential causes the liquid precursor to travel uniformly through the through-channels, depositing the membrane-forming materials on the walls of the through-channels and forming the membrane on the walls of the through-channels. The apparatus includes a chamber capable of holding the substrate and of maintaining a pressure differential across the plurality of through-channels.

Abstract: A dope containing a polymer and a solvent is discharged as a casting bead from a casting die onto a running (rotating) casting drum to form a casting film. First and second partition plates are provided upstream and downstream from the casting die, respectively. A third partition plate is provided upstream of a peeling roller disposed upstream of the casting die in the rotational direction of the casting drum. Dry air is supplied from a dry air circulator to a drying chamber defined by the second and third partition plates. A side labyrinth seal portion is provided close to the side end surface of the casting drum. A labyrinth seal portion of each of the first to third partition plates and the side labyrinth seal portion prevent dry air from entering the casting chamber even when flow volume of dry air is increased for high-speed casting.

Abstract: The present invention involves a cover for a spraying device of a robot which is formed from a polymer with enhanced residue retention properties. The polymer may be processed to increase the surface energy of the polymer. For example, the polymer may be subjected to a corona treatment in order to increase its surface energy. The corona treatment process may be performed on the polymer as received, prior to cutting or otherwise manipulating the polymer. Also, the polymer may be embossed to provide the enhancement. To assemble the polymer into a robot cover, the polymer as received may be cut into individual sections for assembly. The sections may then be assembled to one another by heat sealing the sections together. The heat sealing provides a bond between the individual sections of polymer that secures the individual sections together to create the robot cover. The polymer may also be formed into tubular sections for securing to the spraying device.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for fabricating composite parts including at least one structural material and at least one protective material that are integrally bonded without the use of secondary bonding operations. One or more of the materials forming the layers of the composite parts may be a ceramic composition with or without porosity and one or more of the materials may be a polymer composition. Methods including co-injection processes also are provided for fabricating multi-layered structures in which each layer serves a desired function while still being integrated into the overall structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a shaped article comprising the compression of one or more fibre layers containing polyolefin fibres. The invention also relates to shaped articles obtainable with the process according to the invention and their use in anti-ballistic applications. In the process according to the invention the fibre layers contain 0.02 to 25 wt. % of a solvent for the polyolefin. The shaped articles obtained have an improved anti-ballistic quality.

Abstract: A filter cartridge includes a one-piece housing having a port and a filtration element disposed in the housing. The filtration element is a coherent filter block that can be, but is not necessarily, larger in cross dimension than the port. In one embodiment, the filtration element is a coherent filter block that generally conforms to the shape of the hollow interior, but is slightly smaller than the hollow interior so as to define a gap between the filtration element and the inner surface. One method for constructing a filter cartridge includes providing a housing having a hollow interior and at least one port, introducing a granular material into the hollow interior via the port, and transforming the granular material in the hollow material into a coherent filter block. Another method for constructing a filter cartridge includes providing a filtration element in the form of a coherent filter block, and overmolding a housing around the filtration element.

Abstract: A trim panel includes a one-piece molded member having a molded-in edge wrap along at least one edge. The molded-in edge wrap is formed by a process wherein a cover stock material (102) is provided with an extension (104), the extension is moved by a mold (306) between a first position and a second position, and a resin is injected into the mold (300) to form the substrate (210) and to secure the extension in the second position.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of an oriented strip comprising a semi-crystalline polymer according to which a film comprising said polymer is drawn in a longitudinal direction on a length L between 2 points at which the film moves at a respective linear velocity of V1 and V2 during its drawing, characterized in that V1, v3 and L answer the following criteria: (v2?V1)/L>0.22 s?1.

Abstract: A rear end portion of a leading TAC film and a front end portion of a following TAC film are connected using a double-sided adhesive tape and a single-sided adhesive tape. Both side edges of the TAC films are slit with cutters of an edge slitting device. The slit side edges are sent to a cutter blower. In the cutter blower, the slit side edges are cut into small pieces and sent to a crusher through a first pipe. Upon receiving a tape detection signal, a plate controller rotates a plate from a close position to an open position. When the plate is in the open position, the cut films are sent from the first pipe to a second pipe via an opening, and then to a receptacle.

Abstract: A casting dope is cast onto a casting belt to form a casting film, and then the casting film is peeled as a wet film from the casting belt. The wet film is guided through a transfer area toward a tenter drying device. In the tenter drying device, a tenter performs sequentially the drying, the stretching and the relaxation of the wet film during transporting the wet film. On the wet film, a bowing phenomena occurs by the relaxation to generate a first disorientation of an optical axis, and therefore the orientation of slow axed becomes not uniform. The stretching provide a second disorientation of the optical axis so as to cancel the first disorientation. Thus in the obtained film, the nonuniformity of the orientation of the slow axes is reduced.

Abstract: In various embodiments, different sections of a tire may be preformed and bonded together. The preformed sections may include at least one fixing lug formed thereon. The preformed sections may be placed into a bonding mold where the preformed sections may be aligned in the bonding mold by aligning the fixing lugs on the preformed sections with corresponding features in the bonding molds. In some embodiments, bonding material may be placed on bonding areas between the preformed sections and the preformed sections may be placed in the bonding mold. In some embodiments, compressed air may be supplied through the air intake valve to the preformed sections in the bonding mold. Thermal energy may be applied to the preformed sections to form the tire.

Abstract: A method of producing tight bezel fits between automotive interior panels and their mating subcomponents. The method includes forming at laminate preform, injection molding a substrate layer behind the laminate preform to form a molded automotive interior panel, and forming an opening in the molded automotive interior panel. The method further includes post embossing the molded automotive interior panel adjacent a perimeter of the opening to produce an embossed interface between the molded automotive interior panel and a mating subcomponent installed in the opening, thereby producing a tight bezel fit between the molded automotive interior panel and the mating subcomponent installed in the opening. Alternatively, the method includes utilizing a vacuum wrapped automotive interior panel with the embossing step described above. The invention also provides for an automotive interior panel including a tight bezel fit between the panel and mating subcomponents, formed by the aforementioned methods.

Abstract: A mold for forming a resin pattern using nanoimprint lithography according to the present invention comprises a main mold including a fine pattern of a protrusion and a depression intended to be transferred, and a spacer for forming a space between the protrusion of the fine pattern of the main mold and a transferred object during a transfer of the fine pattern, in which the spacer has a vent passage capable of flowing gas therethrough and has an elasticity against a pressing force during the transfer.

Abstract: To reduce manufacturing cost of an extruding container, a female thread member (5) integrally has an outer tube (5a) and an inner tube (5b) with an annular space (5s) between them being open to one side in an axial direction, and the inner tube (5b) has a female thread (5e) formed on an inner peripheral surface from one side and to extend in the axial direction and slits (5n) extending in the axial direction and being open to one side, while a core pin including a male thread corresponding to the female thread (5e) and a protruding portion corresponding to the slits (5n), is drawn out from an outer mold after a middle mold having a convex portion corresponding to the space (5s), whereby the core pin can be drawn out without breaking the female thread (5e) as the inner tube (5b) is expanded by the slit (5n).

Abstract: New methods and systems for manufacturing a three-dimensional form, comprising steps of providing a plurality of particulates; contacting the particulates with an activation agent; contacting particulates having the activation agent with a binder material that is activatable by the activation agent; at least partially hardening the binder for forming a layer of the three-dimensional form; and repeating these steps to form the remainder of the three-dimensional form. Following sequential application of all required layers and binder material to make the form, the unbound particles are appropriately removed (and optionally re-used), to result in the desired three-dimensional form. The invention also contemplates a novel method for preparing a form, where unbound particulates free of binder material are re-claimed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing fibers made from one or more polymers or polymer composites, and to structures that can be produced from such fibers. In one embodiment, the fibers of the present invention are nanofibers. The present invention also relates to apparatus for producing fibers made from one or more polymers or polymer composites, and methods by which such fibers are made.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for raising the surface tension of biaxially-stretched films made of thermoplastic polymers. According to the method, a film is first treated on a surface by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma before being stretched transversally or simultaneously across the width thereof, and the film is additional a subjected to a second treatment by means of a corona or flame after being stretched transversally or simultaneously, the second treatment being done on the same surface which has already been plasma-treated.

Abstract: A pattern forming mold according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a body, an effective pattern formed at the body, and a dummy pattern formed along a circumference of the effective pattern. The pattern forming mold may further include a light blocking unit formed along a circumference of the effective pattern at a region corresponding to the dummy pattern.

Abstract: A process for enhancing a gripping area of an object, providing a frictionally enhanced, moisture repellent, sure-grip gripping surface, achieved by less than one second ultraviolet radiation curing of an ultraviolet-curable coating applied over polymeric fibers enveloping the gripping surface of the object. This inexpensive three step process uses commonly available, low-cost materials, minimal energy, is environmentally friendly, does not require repeated steps, thermosetting, vulcanization, caustic chemicals, molds, molding techniques, and gluing a molded cover onto a surface. Also, metallicized objects where metallicizing imparts superior strength to objects reducing or eliminating breakage and/or splintering when impacted, by a ball if object is a bat reducing or eliminating potential lethal hazards often imparted to a ball when hit by aluminum bats.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an information recording medium, a method of transferring a concavo-convex pattern, and a transfer apparatus are provided which are capable of curing a resin material with reliability even when using a light-transmitting stamper repeatedly. A stamper made of a light-transmitting resin, having a predetermined concavo-convex pattern formed on its transfer area, is inspected for an optical characteristic. The stamper is brought into contact with an energy-ray curable resin material applied to an object to be processed, thereby transferring the concavo-convex pattern to the resin material, and the resin material is irradiated with an energy ray through the stamper so that the resin material cures. The stamper is used a plurality of times to repeat these steps a plurality of times, thereby manufacturing a plurality of information recording media.

Abstract: An insert for protecting articles to be stored in a protective case. The insert is generally hollow and formed of a flexible thermoplastic material. The insert may be formed by a blow-molding process. The insert is shaped to fit within a protective case, which is also often formed by a blow-molded process. The material used to form the insert is less dense than that of the material used to form the protective case, and therefore the insert material is less stiff, softer, and more flexible.

Abstract: A molding tool is provided for forming solid ink sticks. The molding tool comprises a vessel having at least one sidewall defining a cavity for receiving molten phase change ink material. The molding tool includes a lid for covering an opening over the cavity of the vessel. The lid has an interior surface for at least partially enclosing the cavity. The enclosed cavity has a shape corresponding to at least a portion of an ink stick shape. The at least one sidewall of the vessel and/or the interior surface of the lid are configured to flex to facilitate release of an at least partially solidified ink stick from the cavity.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure is manufactured by molding a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a large number of cells disposed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween by extrusion-molding a raw material composition including a ceramic powder and a binder, and carrying out a firing treatment on the honeycomb molded body to manufacture a honeycomb fired body. A plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies are provided, and both end faces of each of the plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies are hold with a holding member after positioning the plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies on a predetermined position. An adhesive paste is injected into a gap between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies held on the predetermined position. The adhesive paste is dried and solidified to form an adhesive layer.