Abstract: An induction heating device for heating the surface of a pipe or pipeline comprises an induction heating head (100) having a main body (110) and a handle portion (130) extending therefrom. The main body is configured to be removably secured to the surface of the pipe or pipeline and includes a first magnet (121) disposed in a first end (111) and a second magnet (122) disposed in a second end (112). The main body further includes an induction heating portion (150) disposed in a central portion (113) of the main body between the first and second magnets (121, 122). The handle portion includes a grip area extended from the main body.

Abstract: An insert comprising: a first carrier portion, the first carrier portion including: at least one attachment portion; a non attachment portion; and a portion of a channel, the channel being surrounded by the attachment portion and the non-attachment portion, and extending along all or a portion of the longitudinal axis of the first carrier portion; a second carrier portion, the second carrier portion including: at least one attachment portion; a non-attachment portion; and a portion of a channel, the channel being surrounding by the attachment portion and the non-attachment portion, and extending along all or a portion of the longitudinal axis of the second carrier portion; wherein the first carrier and the second carrier are attached via the respective at least one attachment portions forming a channel between the first carrier portion and the second carrier portion so that components, devices, fluids, or a combination thereof may pass through all or a portion of the insert.

Abstract: There is disclosed an anti-kinking device having a neck portion having a threaded internal surface; and a coil portion connecting the neck portion and a terminal portion; wherein the coil portion has a central coil axis and comprises a plurality of spaced apart windings with open spaces between each winding in a relaxed state, each winding having a substantially cylindrical inner wall, a substantially cylindrical outer wall, and sidewalls connecting the inner and outer walls, the sidewalls having planar angled portions with respect to the coil axis. In an aspect, the device can have a terminal portion can also having a threaded internal surface. There is also disclosed a hose system comprising a hose inserted through the disclosed device. The device can prevent kinking of the hose.

Abstract: A multi-hole insulation tube with multiple interior insulation channels to accommodate multiple conduits of unequal temperatures is disclosed. Each channel within the tube is insulated from the other channels so as to substantially prevent the negative influence of one conduit on another through conduction.

Abstract: There is disclosed an anti-kinking device having a neck portion having a threaded internal surface; and a coil portion connecting the neck portion and a terminal portion; wherein the coil portion has a central coil axis and comprises a plurality of spaced apart windings with open spaces between each winding in a relaxed state, each winding having a substantially cylindrical inner wall, a substantially cylindrical outer wall, and sidewalls connecting the inner and outer walls, the sidewalls having planar angled portions with respect to the coil axis. In an aspect, the device can have a terminal portion can also having a threaded internal surface. There is also disclosed a hose system comprising a hose inserted through the disclosed device. The device can prevent kinking of the hose.

Abstract: A flexible pipe includes: an inner liner formed as a tube and having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an inner diameter; a reinforcement layer bonded to the inner liner and including at least a first ply of reinforcing tape helically wrapped in a first helical direction about the inner liner and a second ply of reinforcing tape helically wrapped about the first ply of reinforcing tape, the second ply of reinforcing tape helically wrapped in a second helical direction opposite to the first helical direction; and an outer jacket applied over and bonded to the reinforcement layer, the outer jacket including a thermoplastic.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a heat-insulated uncoupling element as well as an uncoupling element itself are proposed, wherein the heat insulation is provided along the corrugated area of bellows. The heat insulation consists of a coating, which contains heat-insulating granular material. The mobility of the bellows is also ensured here after application of the heat insulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing insulated pipes comprising a conveying pipe, a jacketing pipe, a layer made of at least one polyurethane between conveying pipe and jacketing pipe, and a foil tube between the at least one polyurethane and the jacketing pipe, comprising at least the steps of (A) in a gripper-belt system, providing a foil tube formed continuously from a foil, and providing a conveying pipe, where the arrangement has the conveying pipe within the foil tube in such a way that an annular gap is formed between conveying pipe and foil tube, (B) charging a polyurethane system comprising at least one isocyanate component (a) and at least one polyol mixture (b) to the annular gap, (C) foaming the polyurethane system and allowing the same to harden, and (D) applying a layer made of at least one thermoplastic to the foil tube via extrusion, in order to form the jacketing pipe, which comprises using a multiple nozzle system having curvature corresponding to the radius of

Abstract: There are provided an incubating container capable of preventing bubble generation within a cell incubating container when a sample is injected into the container, and a sample injection method therefor. The incubating container includes: a plurality of wells to be filled with a sample through an injection of the sample; and at least one bubble discharge hole formed as a hole penetrating through a bottom of each of the plurality of wells, and discharging, to the outside, bubbles generated when the sample is injected into the plurality of wells.

Abstract: A non-overflow liquid delivery system comprises a pumping apparatus having a liquid delivery pumping portion and a liquid recovery pumping portion fluidically isolated one from the other. A nozzle has a liquid delivery conduit and a liquid recovery conduit. A liquid delivery hose connects the liquid delivery pumping portion of the pumping apparatus in fluid communication with the liquid delivery conduit. A liquid recovery hose connects the liquid recovery pumping portion of the pumping apparatus in fluid communication with the liquid recovery conduit. A valve has a first movable valve portion for opening and closing the liquid delivery conduit. A manually operable valve control mechanism is connected to the valve for controlling the first movable valve portion, and has a liquid sensor responsive to a threshold condition of liquid in the liquid recovery conduit to thereby cause the first movable valve portion to close the liquid delivery conduit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for filling gas containers (5) comprising at least one gas-container (5) filling system (2) comprising at least one gas-distribution device and connection means allowing the said device (1) to be connected fluidically to several containers (5) so as to fill the said containers (5) simultaneously with gas, for example a mixture of NO and of nitrogen. The gas-distribution device comprises a main body (1) with an internal gas-distribution chamber (3), a gas inlet orifice (11) fluidically communicating with the internal chamber (3) so as to allow gas to enter the said internal chamber (3) via the said inlet orifice (11), and several outlet orifices (12) fluidically communicating with the internal chamber (3) so as to allow gas to be discharged from the said internal chamber (3) via the said outlet orifices (12). The outlet orifices (12) are angularly distributed in the internal chamber (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device designed to capture the detached particles from an object being processed by the tool. The device comprises an inlet opening to an internal space. The device comprises guiding means configured to lead particles, which is detached during a machining process, the inner space of the container via the inlet opening and the inner space comprises a first materials that has a consistency such that it has the ability to receive and retain detached particles, which are led into the inner space during the machining process.

Abstract: The medicament dispensing machine enables to use vials having various sizes and shapes without changing a part in the machine or without performing a special operation. The medicament dispensing machine contains a discharging unit that receives a vial filled with a medicament from a medicament filling means and discharges out of a vial discharging window. The discharging unit contains a vial gripping means having a pair of gripping arms that grip a vial, a body of gripping means having the vial gripping means, a moving means that moves the vial gripping means from the medicament filling means to the vial discharging window, and an orientation changing mechanism that changes the orientation of the body of gripping means. With a coordination of the movement of the body of gripping means toward the vial discharging window, the orientation changing mechanism makes the gripping arms orient to the vial discharging window.

Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet has a magnetic domain structure modified by strain introduction without a trace of treatment, in which noise generated when the grain oriented electrical steel sheet is used laminated on an iron core of a transformer is effectively reduced by: setting a magnetic flux density B8 to 1.92 T or higher; then setting a ratio of average magnetic domain width of treated surface after strain-introducing treatment Wa to average magnetic domain width before strain-introducing treatment W0 as Wa/W0<0.4; and setting a ratio of Wa to average magnetic domain width of untreated surface Wb as Wa/Wb>0.7; and further setting a ratio of average width of magnetic domain discontinuous portion in the untreated surface to average width of magnetic domain discontinuous portion in treated surface resulting from strain-introducing treatment Wc as Wd/Wc>0.8; and setting Wc<0.3.5 mm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rail weld treatment device for improving a resulting microstructure in and around an effected zone of a rail weld and of rails surrounding the rail weld. The device includes, but is not limited to a fixture clamping and centering assembly for engaging a rail head of a rail and a heating and cooling device connected with the fixture clamping and centering assembly to be positioned over the rail head. The fixture clamping and centering assembly comprises an engagement member which removably engages the rail head. The heating and cooling device includes a heating member for heating an effected zone of the rail weld and a cooling member for cooling the effected zone.

Abstract: A method of joining using a supporting electrode 4 having a cooling circuit and a pressure electrode 8 movably arranged above the supporting electrode, using a steel material causing martensitic transformation for one of or both of a first member 20 having an opening portion and a second member 24, engaging the second member with the opening portion of the first member, starting conduction from a power supply to the supporting electrode and the pressure electrode, allowing an insertion portion of the second member to enter the opening portion of the first member by a pressure force of the pressure electrode, causing the second member and an inner wall portion of the opening portion to be subjected to solid-phase diffusion joining, rapidly cooling the both members by thermal conduction of the supporting electrode after the joining, and quenching a joined portion and generating compressive residual stress by the rapid cooling.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high strength steel sheet includes heating a steel sheet containing at least 0.10 mass % of carbon to either a temperature in an austenite single phase region or a temperature in an (austenite+ferrite) two-phase region; cooling the steel sheet to a cooling stop temperature as a target temperature set within a cooling temperature region ranging from Ms to (Ms?150° C.) to allow a portion of non-transformed austenite to proceed to martensitic transformation; retaining a coldest part in a sheet widthwise direction of the steel sheet at a temperature in a temperature range from the cooling stop temperature as the target temperature to (the cooling stop temperature+15° C.) for 15 seconds to 100 seconds; and heating the sheet to a temperature to temper said martensite, wherein “Ms” represents martensitic transformation start temperature and said cooling temperature region is exclusive of Ms and inclusive of (Ms?150° C.).

Abstract: One embodiment provides a composition, the composition comprising: an alloy that is at least partially amorphous and is represented by a chemical formula: (Zr, Ti)aMbNcSnd, wherein: M is at least one transition metal element; N is Al, Be, or both; a, b, c, and d each independently represents an atomic percentage; and a is from about 30 to 70, b is from about 25 to 60, c is from about 5 to 30, and d is from about 0.1 to 5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a watch-making or clock-making component comprising an amorphous metal alloy corresponding to the formula: FeaCobNicNbdVeBfTag, in which: 0<a<70; 0<b<70; 8<c<60; 1<d<19; 1<e<10; 12<f<25; 0<g<5; with 20<a+b<70; 50<a+b+c<90; 5<d+e<20; and a+b+c+d+e+f+g=100. This watch-making or clock-making component may be a spring, such as a barrel spring.

Abstract: A predetermined composition is had, when a C content is represented by (C %), in a case of (C %) being not less than 0.35% nor more than 0.65%, a volume fraction of pearlite is 64×(C %)+52% or more, and in a case of (C %) being greater than 0.65% and 0.85% or less, the volume fraction of pearlite is not less than 94% nor more than 100%, and a structure of the other portion is composed of one or two of proeutectoid ferrite and bainite. Further, in a region to a depth of 1.0 mm from a surface, a volume fraction of pearlite block having an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more is not less than 70% nor more than 95%, and a volume fraction of pearlite having an angle between an axial direction and a lamellar direction on a cross section parallel to the axial direction of 40° or less is 60% or more with respect to all pearlite.

Abstract: Described is a high tensile strength hot rolled steel sheet having high strength and formability, and a manufacturing method. It has tensile strength?980 MPa and excellent formability, and specifically identified ranges by mass % of C, Si, Mn, P, S, N, Al, Ti, V, Solute V, and Solute Ti; (ii) microstructure with fine carbides dispersion precipitated therein, the fine carbides containing Ti and V and having the average particle diameter<10 nm, as well as volume ratio with respect to the entire microstructure?0.007; and matrix as ferrite phase having area ratio with respect to the entire microstructure?97%. C, Ti, V, S and N satisfy (1) Ti?0.08+(N/14×48+S/32×48) and (2) 0.8?(Ti/48+V/51)/(C/12)?1.2, where “C”, “Ti”, “V”, “S” and “N” represent contents (mass %) of corresponding elements, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for decarburization of a rotor forging. In one aspect, a location for applying a weld prep to a rotor forging is identified. The rotor forging is decarburized at the identified location of the weld prep to attain a predetermined carbon content.

Abstract: A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has excellent formability and crashworthiness and includes, on a mass % basis, C: 0.05 to 0.3%, Si: 0.3 to 2.5%. Mn: 0.5 to 3.5%, P: 0.003 to 0.100%, 5: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.5%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, the high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having a microstructure including 20% or more of ferrite on an area fraction basis, 10 to 60% of tempered martensite on an area fraction basis, 0 to 10% of martensite on an area fraction basis, and 3 to 15% of retained austenite on a volume fraction basis.

Abstract: A method for heat treating a 718-type nickel-base comprises heating a 718-type nickel-base alloy to a heat treating temperature, and holding the alloy at the heat treating temperature for a heat treating time sufficient to form an equilibrium or near-equilibrium concentration of ?-phase grain boundary precipitates within the nickel-base alloy and up to 25 percent by weight of total ??-phase and ??-phase. The 718-type nickel-base alloy is air cooled. The present disclosure also includes a 718-type nickel-base alloy comprising a near-equilibrium concentration of ?-phase grain boundary precipitates and up to 25 percent by weight of total ??-phase and ??-phase precipitates. Alloys according to the disclosure may be included in articles of manufacture such as, for example, face sheet, honeycomb core elements, and honeycomb panels for thermal protection systems for hypersonic flight vehicles and space vehicles.

Abstract: A non-toxic, non-hydroscopic percussion primer composition and methods of preparing the same, including at least one explosive component that has been traditionally considered a moderately insensitive explosive or secondary explosive, and at least fuel particle component having a particle size of about 1.5 microns to about 12 microns, which allows the use of moderately active metal oxidizers. The sensitivity of the primer composition is created by the interaction between the moderately insensitive explosive and the fuel agent such that traditional primary explosives such as lead styphnate or DDNP are not needed. The primer composition also eliminates the risks and dangers associated with traditional nano-sized fuel particles.

Abstract: A handbag including a flexible receptacle member and a removably interchangeable elongated strap configured for coupling to the receptacle member, a handbag with a flexible receptacle member including a removably interchangeable bottom sleeve panel and strap, and a system for interchanging elements of a handbag are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a utility pedestal cover which may be used to encapsulate and conceal a utility pedestal. The material of the sleeve member may be of a weatherproof material, and may include a fastening system to allow the sleeve to be selectively opened and closed along at least a portion of its length or height, or to attach sections of the cover. The invention also relates to a planter arrangement for concealment of a utility pedestal, wherein the planter includes at least one housing section with at least one planting well. The housing may have a height such that upon introducing plants in the planting medium, the plantings and the housing effectively conceal the utility pedestal. The planting well may have at least one drain hole therein. The housing may be formed in at least two sections, which may be selectively attached around the pedestal.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion with a left-right asymmetry tread pattern including inboard and outboard tread edges, a pair of inboard and outboard center main grooves to form a center portion therebetween, a pair of inboard and outboard shoulder main grooves to form a pair of middle portions and a pair of shoulder portions, inboard lateral main grooves extending from the inboard tread edge beyond the tire equator without reaching the outboard center main groove, inboard shoulder lateral grooves between adjacent inboard lateral main grooves, outboard shoulder lateral grooves extending from the axially outside of the outboard tread edge without reaching the outboard shoulder main groove, inboard middle lateral grooves between adjacent inboard lateral main grooves and extending from the inboard shoulder main groove without reaching the inboard center main groove, outboard middle lateral grooves and outboard middle sub lateral grooves.

Abstract: In a tread part (1), a tilted land portion (200) is divided into multiple blocks by a tilted narrow groove (300) and branched narrow grooves (350). Tilted main grooves (100) include an upper tilted main groove (101) and a lower tilted main groove (102). The branched narrow grooves (350) include first branched narrow grooves (350a) and second branched narrow grooves (350b). First blocks (210) and second blocks (220) have quadrilateral or pentagonal shapes. Of the first blocks (210), one first block and another first block adjacent to the one first block in a tilt direction KC have the same shape. Of the second blocks (220), one second block and another second block adjacent to the one second block in the tilt direction KC have the same shape.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a single block includes a first sipe and a second sipe each extending in a tire width direction and disposed at a predetermined pitch in a tire circumferential direction. The first sipe and the second sipe include a first sipe portion that has a linear form when the block is viewed planarly, and a second sipe portion that has a zigzag shape when the block is viewed planarly and that connects to the first sipe portion. The first sipe portion includes a pair of sipe wall faces that face each other and have a linear form when viewed as a cross-section from a direction perpendicular to a sipe length direction, and includes a protrusion disposed on a first face of the sipe wall faces and a recess disposed on a second face of the sipe wall faces so as to mate with the protrusion.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes an innerliner forming an internal cavity and an enveloping member. The innerliner maintains pneumatic pressure within the internal cavity. The enveloping member defines a pocket for removably receiving and removably securing an item to the pneumatic tire. The enveloping member is cured simultaneously with the innerliner to secure the enveloping member to the innerliner for the operational life of the pneumatic tire.

Abstract: The invention includes a tire having a pair of annular sidewalls each extending to a terminal end including a bottom surface for mounting onto a wheel. The tire further includes indicia arranged along each sidewall adjacent a bottom of each sidewall terminal end. The indicia extends radially outward from an initial position to extend from a top side of a rim flange of a tire wheel for indicating concentric mounting of the tire on a wheel. In particular embodiments, the tire is mounted on a rim of a wheel having rim flanges, each of the rim flanges extending along one of the tire sidewalls such that the indicia is adjacently arranged the rim flange along each sidewall such that the indicia extends radially outward from a top of the rim flange. Methods include using the indicia to determine whether the tire is concentrically mounted on the wheel.

Abstract: A tire assembly includes a tire, sidewalls, and a sidewall groove. The tire has a pneumatic cavity. The sidewall has at least one bending region operatively bending when radially within a rolling tire footprint of the tire. The sidewall groove is defined by groove sidewalls positioned within the bending region of the tire sidewall. The sidewall groove deforms segment by segment between a non-deformed state and a deformed, constricted state in response to the bending of the sidewall bending region when radially within the rolling tire footprint. An air passageway is defined by the sidewall groove and a cover strip. The air passageway resiliently deforms segment by segment between an expanded condition and an at least partially collapsed condition in response to respective segment by segment deformation of the sidewall groove when radially within the rolling tire footprint.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tire which contains an internal cord reinforced rubber layer.

Abstract: A method forms an adhesion joint between a cord and a rubber matrix. The method includes the steps of providing a cord having an initial relatively smooth surface, texturing the smooth surface such that the resulting surface is rougher than the initial surface of the cord, and inserting the cord into a rubber matrix such that the resulting surface provides enhanced adhesion to the rubber matrix compared to the adhesion of the initial surface to the rubber matrix.

Abstract: A radial tyre for motor vehicle includes: a crown with at least a tread and a crown reinforcement or belt, two inextensible beads, two sidewalls connecting the two inextensible beads to the tread, and a carcass reinforcement passing into the two sidewalls and anchored in the two inextensible beads. The belt is positioned circumferentially between the tread and the carcass reinforcement, and includes textile or metallic reinforcers coated with a rubber composition referred to as a “belt-coating rubber.” The belt-coating rubber, which is capable of reducing the tyre's rolling noise, includes a diene elastomer and more than 50 phr of a filler of high-density particles having a density of greater than 4 g/cm3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire (1) which comprises: a bead core (10); a first bead filler (20); a first carcass (30); a second bead filler (40); and a rubber chafer (50) disposed at the outer side of the second bead filler (40) in the tread width direction. The second bead filler (40) covers a first bead filler outer end part (23) in the tread width direction, and a second bead filler inner end part (48) is disposed outside the bead core (10) in the tire radius direction. The rubber chafer (50) covers the second bead filler (40) in the tread width direction, and the loss tangent of the second bead filler (40) is smaller than the loss tangent of the rubber chafer (50).

Abstract: A film pasting device for pasting a protection film on a display screen is provided, which includes: a main body having a receiving slot for receiving the protection film so as for the display screen to be disposed on the protection film; a base disposed in the receiving slot for carrying the protection film and the display screen; a positioning member disposed on the main body for positioning the display screen on the base; and a vertical movement member disposed over the main body and movable towards the base so as to provide a vertical force for pressing the display screen down, thereby pasting the protection film on top and side surfaces of the display screen through the vertical force provided by the vertical movement member and a horizontal force provided by the main body, respectively. Therefore, the present invention improves the film pasting quality and saves operation time.

Abstract: When an oxide semiconductor is deposited by a sputtering method, there is a difference in composition between a sputtering target and a film deposited using the sputtering target in some cases depending on a material of the oxide semiconductor. In manufacturing a sputtering target containing zinc oxide, a crystal which contains zinc oxide is formed in advance, the crystal is crushed, and then a predetermined amount of zinc oxide is added and mixed. After that, the resulting object is sintered to form the sputtering target. The composition of the sputtering target is adjusted by setting the proportion of zinc in the sputtering target higher than that of zinc in a film having a desired composition which is obtained at last, in consideration of the amount of zinc which is reduced at the time of deposition by a sputtering method, the amount of zinc which is reduced at the time of sintering, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a glass resin composite which has sufficient transportability, handling efficiency and fabrication properties even when the glass is extremely thin, without impairing the chemical resistance, the abrasion resistance, the gas barrier properties, etc. of the glass, and the process being capable of continuous operation.

Abstract: An annular rubber member is molded, across a through hole, on a support surface of a support device that includes the support surface and the through hole which opens to the support surface. The rubber member molded on the support surface is arranged so as to oppose a sidewall unit of a shaped tire intermediate body. The support device is moved close to the tire intermediate body and the rubber member on the support surface is brought into contact with the sidewall unit. The rubber member is adhered to the sidewall by moving the press member that presses the rubber member to the side wall unit via the through hole, in a tire radial direction.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire comprises a forming step of a tread rubber which includes a two-shot stage of simultaneously winding a first rubber ribbon constructed by a nonconductive rubber, and a second rubber ribbon constructed by a nonconductive rubber. In the two-shot stage, the first rubber ribbon and the second rubber ribbon which are adjacent to each other are spirally wound in such a manner as to come into contact with each other, and a ribbon winding position passes through an L-shaped route. A conductive rubber is partly provided in the first rubber ribbon in the winding process when the ribbon winding position passes through the L-shaped route. A conductive portion which spirally and continuously extends to the tread end from the ground-contacting surface and intermittently appears in the tire meridian cross section is formed by the conductive rubber.

Abstract: Two extruders are located at positions which are mutually shifted by 180 degrees around a rotation shaft of a rotary support, and are arranged at the same position in the rotation shaft direction of the rotary support, and each time the rotary support is rotated 180 degrees, the two extruders and the rotary support are caused to relatively move in the rotation shaft direction of the rotary support. In this manner, at least a portion of the pneumatic tire is molded by winding the rubber strip members onto the rotary support.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a plurality of rubber sheet layers being layered in a tire radial direction, the rubber sheet layers including an first layer and a second layer, wherein each of the first layer and the second layer includes a plurality of divided sheets being spliced at spliced positions dividing a circumferential length in a tire circumferential direction by lengths having integer values, a total of the lengths being substantially corresponding to a nominal diameter of the pneumatic tire, and wherein the spliced positions of the first layer and the spliced positions of the second layer are set to be shifted in the tire circumferential direction to be unoverlapped with one another.

Abstract: A fabrication method of an electrochromic device includes the steps of: providing an upper substrate and a lower substrate, the upper substrate including an upper base layer and an upper transparent conductive layer, the lower substrate including a lower base layer and a lower transparent conductive layer; forming an ion storage layer on a surface of the upper transparent conductive layer, and forming an electrochromic layer on a surface of the lower transparent conductive layer; forming an electrolyte layer on a surface of the electrochromic layer; and oppositely facing and combining the ion storage layer and the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for a conduit, such as an implantable conduit for a vessel. The conduit may comprise a main member and a side-branch member. The conduit may be implanted with the side-branch member initially disposed within the main member. When positioned, the side-branch member may then be extended from within the main member and into a vessel side-branch. The materials for the conduit may include circumferentially distensible and/or low recoil materials. The materials for the conduit may be constructed by various techniques and may include materials with enhanced flexibility and kink resistance.

Abstract: Described herein are fiber-reinforced composite members and methods and systems for making the same. The composite members can be any of various types, including load-bearing structural members such as frame rails for a truck chassis. The composite members can be formed directly in a desired shape, such as with a pultrusion process, with irregular features, such as bolt holes, preformed therein without damaging the fibers. The composite members can provide similar or greater overall strength compared to metal members with reduced weight, and can comprise fibers distributed and oriented in such a manner to create additional strength in desired locations and directions and reduced strength in other locations/directions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring formed adhesive elements from a reservoir (30) containing plural formed adhesive elements (12) to a bonding part attachable to a glass surface or other substrate through the use of adhesives. Transfer of the formed adhesive element to the bonding part (14) is accomplished by use of a vacuum tool (10) having a vacuum outlet, an internal plenum, and a series of vacuum lines formed in an adhesive element holding face. The vacuum tool is positioned over a reservoir of formed adhesive elements. Once the formed adhesive elements have been captured by the vacuum tool (10) the tool is used to place them into contact with the heated bonding part (14) directly or indirectly by intermediate placement onto a matrix (60) having a plurality of ejector pins (72) movably fitted therein. The ejector pins move the formed adhesive elements into position against the bonding part.

Abstract: A heat transferable material includes a heat transferable polymeric binder and a light stabilizer that is an N-oxyl radical derived from a hindered amine. The N-oxyl radical has the following formula (A) or formula (B): wherein R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkene, and R3 and R4 are each independently H, CH2CH3, CH3, OH, OR, COOH, COOR, or NH—C(=O)R, wherein R is a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkene, and having a molecular weight of 600 or less. At least one of R3 and R4 is not hydrogen. The heat transferable material can be in a section or patch on a thermal donor element to provide a protective overcoat material. A patch in the donor element can include a dye. The heat transferable material provides better image stability and improved iridescence when transferred to a receiver of some type.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing hollow carbon fibers having an empty space in the cross section thereof. More specifically, the disclosed method includes melt-spinning an acrylonitrile-based polymer by using a supercritical fluid as a plasticizer; drawing spun fibers to prepare hollow precursor fibers; and stabilizing and carbonizing the hollow precursor fibers to prepare the hollow carbon fibers. The hollow carbon fibers obtained by the disclosed method have at least a 10 to 50% lower specific gravity than conventional hollow carbon fibers (solid), but have similar mechanical properties to the conventional fibers. Furthermore, the diameter of carbon fibers can be adjusted, thereby making it possible to widen the application of hollow carbon fibers.