Abstract: A fiber reinforced panel is manufactured to include an integral vent screen. Holes are made in each of first and second sheets of fiber and the holes register with each other when the sheets are stacked within a mold. A screen material is placed between the first and second sheets so that a part of the screen material that registers with the holes in the first sheet and second sheet is exposed. Filler inserts are inserted into the holes of the first and second sheets to mask the screen. A resin is provided and cured to bond together the first and second sheets and the screen. Thus, the screen remains exposed after the first and second sheets and screen have been bonded together by the resin, thereby forming a fiber reinforced panel having an integrally molded vent screen therein.

Abstract: A reinforced dilatation balloon, and a method of making, wherein the balloon includes a balloon body having a continuous polymer tube (e.g., generally cylindrical) having a proximal end, a distal end, and an external surface, and a tubular fiber reinforcing sleeve thermally bonded along the length of the sleeve to at least a portion of the external surface of the balloon body.

Abstract: A front cover includes a housing and a display window module. The housing defines an opening. The display window module includes a support plate and a liquid crystal display assembly. The support plate is integrally formed in the opening of the housing, and the liquid crystal display assembly is attached to the support plate.

Abstract: A method of making a tool for curing a composite layup and a method of removing air and volatiles from a composite layup during curing. The tool includes a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup and includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.

Abstract: Provided are a microchip including a fluid circuit consisting of a space formed therein, a light-absorbing first substrate and a light-transmitting second substrate bonded onto the first substrate, and a groove, having a V-shaped section, extending parallelly to the fluid circuit on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate on a position immediately above at least part of the fluid circuit and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An active bolster for an automotive vehicle has base wall for mounting against a rigid structure of the vehicle. A front wall overlies the base wall and forms an interior trim piece of the vehicle. The base wall has a first surface facing the front wall, and the front wall has a second surface facing the base wall. The base wall and front wall are joined around a closed perimeter to form an inflatable bladder with an initial open space between the first and second surfaces. The base wall includes a wide rib projecting from the first surface continuously along the closed perimeter, the wide rib having a minimum radial width along the closed perimeter equal to a first predetermined radial width. The front wall includes a plurality of narrow ribs projecting concentrically from the second surface continuously along the closed perimeter.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a vehicular interior part in which a cover member is attached to a base material, comprising the steps of forming a skin material, comprising a plurality of skin pieces sewn together, in accordance with a surface shape of said base material; and forming said cover member by attaching a soft material to a backside of said skin material after forming said skin material in accordance with said surface shape of said base material; and attaching said cover member to said base material.

Abstract: A method for producing plastic tanks for liquids with a tapping valve, wherein the tank is produced from a tubular parison by blow molding, and wherein a holding flange or a threaded socket is formed on the tank. After the drain outlet of the tank has been cut out of the tank wall inside the holding flange or the threaded socket, the finished preassembled tapping valve is welded by its inlet socket to the holding flange or the threaded socket of the tank by a welding machine, during which the tank is centered and held in the welding machine by the holding flange or the threaded socket.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bag (20) for the cryopreservation of thermolabile liquids. The manufacturing method is characterized by being versatile, simple and inexpensive and allows to manufacture single and multi-compartment bags without modifying the main sealing molds (31, 32). The relative size and the number of the compartments (28) can be modified without change in the molds. Only a closure sealing tool (50) must be adjusted as a function of the number of chosen compartments (28). The process is compatible with standard high frequency sealing processes. This method provides bags (20) with uniformly thick walls and with a predetermined bag volume.

Abstract: Intended is to provide an electromagnetic shielding material having a conductive layer pattern by transferring a conductive composite to a transparent base material, and an electromagnetic shielding material having a metal layer formed on the transferred conductive layer. The electromagnetic shielding material is free from the troubles such as the breaking of wire, the non-conforming shape or the low contact, which is based on the non-conforming transfer of the conductive composite. The electromagnetic shielding material comprises a transparent base material, a primer layer formed over the transparent base material, and a conductive layer formed in a predetermined pattern on the primer layer. In the primer layer, a portion having the conductive layer formed therein has a thickness larger than the thickness of a portion without the conductive layer.

Abstract: A bowling ball with an indicia is provided. A method for manufacturing such a bowling ball is also provided. The indicia may be preformed and attached to the core of the bowling ball before the outer layer of the bowling ball is created.

Abstract: The invention relates a method for producing a component from a fiber-reinforced material, wherein a fibrous preform which consists of fibers and an uncured polymer matrix is positioned on a mold, and a thermoelectric film is positioned on the fibrous preform and/or on the mold, and said thermoelectric film is heated up by exposure to microwaves when a negative pressure or vacuum is applied and, as a consequence of this, heats up the fibrous preform while curing the polymer matrix.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a bicycle rim comprises a rim body and a reinforcement layer. Each of the rim body and the reinforcement layer is constructed of carbon fiber, and the reinforcement layer is integrally formed on the rim body.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a novel fabrication method and structure for reducing structural weight in radio frequency cavity filters and novel filter structure. The novel filter structure is fabricated by electroplating the required structure over a mold. The electrodeposited composite layer may be formed by several layers of metal or metal alloys with compensating thermal expansion coefficients. The first or the top layer is a high conductivity material or compound such as silver having a thickness of several times the skin-depth at the intended frequency of operation. The top layer provides the vital low loss performance and high Q-factor required for such filter structures while the subsequent compound layers provide the mechanical strength.

Abstract: A molding process for forming a wet shaving razor including the step of placing one or more of the blades into a first mold cavity. A first generally rigid polymer is injected into the first mold cavity to form a housing and to secure the blades. A second generally rigid polymer is injected into a second mold cavity to form a handle that is adjacent to and spaced apart from the housing of the first mold cavity. A generally flexible polymer is injected into a third mold cavity to interconnect the housing and the handle, wherein the generally flexible polymer forms a gripping portion on the handle and a resilient skin contacting element between the housing and the handle.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for continuously forming a composite material shape member having a varied cross-sectional shape. A C-shaped movable mold 100 having a center portion 110 and both end portions 120 and 130 with a smaller surface dimension than the center portion is prepared, and prepreg sheets are laminated in advance to the both end portions 120 and 130 and the center portion 110, then these plies of prepreg sheets are denoted as the laminate 320, so that the whole body has a flat planar surface. Prepreg sheets 300 are drawn out from rolls 210 and 220 and passed through a preforming device 230 so that a C-shaped member 310 having a uniform cross-sectional shape is preformed. The movable mold 100 with pre-laminate 320 is superposed to the preformed member 310, which is passed through a hot press device, an after-cure furnace 260 where thermosetting of the member is completed, and then the movable mold 100 is removed to complete a formed product.

Abstract: A composite hockey stick and related method of manufacture is provided. The hockey stick includes a blade joined with a tapered and elongated hosel that is further joined with an elongated handle or shaft. The method includes providing a cured blade, bladder-molding the elongated hosel while partially seated within the cured blade, and bladder-molding the shaft while partially seated within the cured hosel. The hosel can be tapered to have a toe-to-heel width that decreases and a side-to-side width increases as the hosel extends upwardly from the blade. The hosel can extend greater than the length of the blade to emphasize the gradual transition from the blade cross-section to the shaft cross-section. The resulting hockey stick can improve energy transfer during play while also providing a streamlined appearance and an improved resistance to breaking.

Abstract: A stamp for patterning onto a receiving surface of an object (101) according to a defined pattern (P) comprises a stamping surface (21) of a resilient diaphragm (20). The stamping surface is planar at rest. The pattern is reproduced on the stamping surface and the diaphragm is affixed to a rigid body (13) along a peripheral edge, so that a middle part of the diaphragm can move along a direction perpendicular to the stamping surface. The diaphragm (20) is more flexible near the peripheral edge than in the middle part. Then, the pattern (P) printed on a pseudo-spherical receiving surface (103) using the stamp exhibits few distortion.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing a fly away caul plate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for curing a composite structure includes placing a pre-cured caul plate proximate an uncured composite lay-up, the lay-up may or may not include one or more stiffeners extending substantially perpendicular to the lay-up surface, the caul plate including an aperture for receiving the at least one stiffener. A force may be exerted against the caul plate to engage the composite lay-up. Heat and/or pressure may be applied to the composite lay-up to cure the stiffener panel and co-bond the caul plate to the composite lay-up.

Abstract: Multilayered composite system comprising (A) a sheetlike substrate, (B) optionally a bonding layer, which may be formed uniformly or partially, (C) a foam layer, (D) optionally a bonding layer of the same material as said bonding layer (B) or of a material other than said bonding layer (B), (E) a polymer layer which includes capillaries extending through the entire thickness of said polymer layer (E), wherein said polymer layer (E) includes a pattern with a fishscale or sharkskin appearance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sole according to the present invention includes the steps of obtaining a rubber part by previously crosslinking a polymer mixture containing 50 to 100 mass % of a diene-based polymer and 0 to 40 mass % of an acrylonitrile component in a polymer component of the polymer mixture, halogenating the rubber part, and bonding the rubber part and thermoplastic resin to each other by molding said thermoplastic resin on said rubber part.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet by laminating layers of active-energy-ray-curable compositions and irradiating the laminate with an active energy ray. The processes gives a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet with less defects at low production cost and is applicable to the production of pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets of various kinds.

Abstract: A method of moulding a wind-turbine blade in a mould is described. The method includes arranging a number of markers on an interior of the mould; arranging a composite layup in the mould; and assembling and curing the composite layup in the mould such that a negative impression of a marker is formed on a surface of the composite layup, which negative impression facilitates correct positioning of the blade relative to a component in a subsequent assembly step. A mould for moulding a wind-turbine blade; a wind-turbine blade moulded using such a mould; and a positioning device for positioning a drilling and/or milling tool relative to a root portion of a wind-turbine blade moulded using the inventive method are disclosed. A method of manufacturing a wind-turbine blade is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for bonding dissimilar materials using an elastic adhesive to permit the bond to withstand variations in temperature and pressure. The use of elastic adhesive accommodates previous problems associated with large differences in thermal expansion coefficient between dissimilar materials, and provides a thermally and chemically stable materials combination that withstands large thermal shock loads, such as may be experienced in a space environment. Also disclosed herein is a method for attaching a coating to a structure. In particular applications, the coating may be (1) specular (greater than 98% specularity); or (2) RF reflective for use in applications including but not limited to high frequency satellite communications.

Abstract: A process for producing a beam member formed by a reinforcing fiber base material which has a web portion and at least a pair of flange portions extending to both sides via at least a branching point from the web portion, at a cross-sectional surface orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the beam member, and by a shaped filler which fills a gap having a wedge shape formed at the branching point, is provided. The shaped filler is produced by: (A) a filler supply process for supplying a filler member configured by reinforcing fibers; (B) a preshaping process for providing a preshaped filler having at least a wedge projection portion, by pressurizing the filler member by a preshaping mold; and (C) a filler deforming process for providing a shaped filler by deforming the preshaped filler.

Abstract: To prevent ejection failure which occurs because openings of nozzles are clogged with fine burrs generated at a parting line (P) of a flow path member (2) formed by molding, provided is a liquid jet head (1) including the flow path member (2) and an actuator portion (3). The flow path member (2) includes a first member (4) and a second member (5) bonded thereto. A flow path (8) and a discharge port (12) communicated to the flow path (8) are formed between the first member (4) and the second member (5). The first and second members (4, 5) each include a parting line formed by molding on a surface thereof. The parting line is not positioned on an inner surface forming the flow path (8), and is positioned on the surface of the first member (4) or the second member (5) other than the inner surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ceramic green sheet with a thin flat plate shape obtained by molding and solidifying a ceramic slurry, which contains a ceramic powder, dispersion medium, and gelling agent, into a thin flat plate. The ceramic green sheet partially includes a body that is obtained by molding and solidifying a conductor paste, which becomes a conductor later, and the body is exposed on a part of each of the both surfaces of the sheet. Plural ceramic green sheets described above are produced. The plural ceramic green sheets are successively stacked and press-bonded in the thickness direction in such a manner that the bodies included in the respective sheets are connected to each other for all combinations of the adjacent two sheets. As a result, a ceramic green sheet laminate is formed, which includes one body that is obtained by connecting the bodies included in the respective sheets.

Abstract: Armor with ceramic material and transformed nanotube material produced during/via process transformation, the transformed material in one aspect being graphene ribbon-like material; in one be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).

Abstract: An image capture lens is equipped with: a diaphragm which is formed on a substrate, adjusts a light quantity, and has a predetermined aperture; an inorganic or organic adhesion layer formed on the substrate such that the diaphragm is exposed; and a resin part which has a lens part made from a curable resin. The resin part is directly joined to the inorganic or organic adhesion layer and diaphragm. The surface of the substrate on which the diaphragm is formed is subjected to a modification treatment so that a water contact angle is within a range of 3° to 30°.

Abstract: A method for adhering an electronic assembly to a bottom cover sheet in the manufacture of an electronic device is presented. According to the method, the electronic assembly is attached to the bottom overlay using a modified ultra violet (“UV”) cured adhesive.

Abstract: Helmets and methods for manufacturing a helmet are described. An example helmet includes an upper helmet component having a shell and a shock absorbing liner and further having a lower helmet component having a shell and a shock absorbing liner. The shock absorbing liner of the lower helmet component has an angled interface portion to which the upper helmet component is attached. A vent sill is attached to the shock absorbing liner of the upper helmet component and a vent shutter is slidably attached to the vent sill. An example method include forming a first in-mold component having a shell and shock absorbing liner and forming a second in-mold component having a shell and shock absorbing liner, the shock absorbing liner having a seamless headform. After a vent shutter assembly is attached to the first in-mold component the second in-mold component is attached to the first in-mold component.

Abstract: A rectangular pallet that is symmetrical about its two major axes. The pallet comprises a first plastics shell and a second plastics shell. The first plastics shell is formed with a flat rim, nine or more ground engaging feet subtending below the level of the rim, the feet being arranged in respective parallel spaced apart beams extending from front to back. The first plastics shell also has plural channels running from side to side intersecting the beams running from front to back to define the feet. The second plastics shell is essentially flat and formed with a flat rim. An internal network of partitions extends between the first and second plastics shells. The rims of the first and second plastics shells are sealed to each other to form a clam and to enclose the network of partitions within the clam. In other aspects, the invention concerns a method and a system for forming the pallet.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a blade shell half of a pre-bent wind turbine blade by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), a fibre lay-up (16) is placed on a mould surface (14) and a distribution layer (24) is placed above the fibre lay-up (16). At least one segmentation area is provided in the distribution layer by providing at least one transversely extending flow barrier in the distribution layer (24) preventing or restricting longitudinal resin flow to the distribution layer. A longitudinally extending first feed channel (27) is placed above the distribution layer (24). The first feed channel (27) is divided into at least two feed channel sections, a feed channel section being arranged in each distribution layer segment. A vacuum bag (43) is arranged on top of the mould part (13) to define a mould cavity. The mould cavity (44) is evacuated and liquid resin is supplied to each feed channel section through a resin inlet to fill the mould cavity and impregnate the fibre lay-up.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus including a first flexible film, a second flexible film, and a flexible display panel is provided. The second flexible film is disposed over the first flexible film, wherein a channel exists between the first flexible film and the second flexible film. The flexible display panel is disposed on the second flexible film. A fabrication method of a flexible display apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A medical balloon catheter including a catheter shaft and an inflatable balloon secured to a distal portion of the catheter shaft. One or more cutting blades are secured to the inflatable balloon by a first polymeric adhesive material forming a mounting pad encasing a base portion of the cutting blade therein, and a second polymeric adhesive material adhesively bonding the mounting pad to a surface of the balloon. The first polymeric adhesive material has a first ductility and the second polymeric adhesive material has a second ductility greater than the first ductility.

Abstract: A badminton racket that is strong in respect to impact and twist and that is high in surface stability and a manufacturing method of the badminton racket is provided. A badminton racket includes a frame formed circularly, a shaft joined to the frame, a joint installed reaching inside the frame and the shaft at a joint portion of the frame and the shaft, and an expandable resin placed between the joint and the frame. A badminton racket manufacturing method includes an expandable resin placing process that places an expandable resin that expands when heated on an outer periphery of a portion of a joint, the joint being to be installed to reach inside a frame formed with the resin sheet tube and inside a shaft, the portion being to be installed in the frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite with thermo-formability, a method for making the same and a method for making a casing with a texture on the surface thereof. The composite includes a polyurethane medium layer, a thermo-formable resin layer, a base layer and a surface layer. The thermo-formable resin layer is disposed on the polyurethane medium layer, and includes polyol. The base layer is disposed on the thermo-formable resin layer. The surface layer is disposed on the base layer. As a result, the composite has good stability after thermoforming, and plastic can be injected into the composite, so a PC film is unnecessary. Moreover, the composite may be adhered to a substrate directly or after thermoforming.

Abstract: A roofing panel, a roof, an array of roofing panels, and a method of manufacturing a roofing panel by transporting a capstock layer of the roofing panel through a moving belt mold, and forming a polymeric material in situ against the outer layer while in a mold cavity of the moving belt mold. The capstock layer is vacuum formed to shape and form a plurality of roofing shingles and to impress the shingles with surface topography features simulating natural materials.

Abstract: A laminated panel (23) comprises a fusible layer (23A) having an upper surface. A mesh layer (23A, A1) has an encapsulated portion enclosed in the fusible layer so as to be below the upper surface of the fusible layer (23A). An embossed portion (A1) protrudes from the upper surface of the fusible layer (23A). A method (10) of forming a laminated panel with the fusible layer and the mesh layer comprises the steps of: i) heating the fusible layer (23A) to fuse a portion of the fusible layer; and ii) pressing only selected portion of the mesh layer against the fusible layer to provide for the formation of an embossed pattern (A1) on the resulting laminated panel (10).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wood panel coating method for coating a wood panel hot-pressed and shaped into a curved shape. The wood panel coating method includes: hot-pressing a wood panel with a press machine to shape the wood into a curved shape; coating primer for a base coat on a surface of the wood panel; curing the primer coated on the surface of the wood panel; and coating intermediate top coats on the surface of wood panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for coupling built-in components in a hollow container, comprising: a hollow container forming step of forming the hollow container, the hollow container forming step including securing the built-in components to parisons transferred onto mold pieces and closing the mold pieces with the built-in components in a pre-in the pre-coupled state state; and a built-in components coupling step of coupling the built-in components, the built-in components coupling step including pressing an outer surface of the hollow container to displace the hollow container while cooling the hollow container after removing the hollow container from the mold pieces.

Abstract: A vehicular lamp in which a weld surface of a weld portion provided on a translucent cover is pressed against a surface to be welded that is formed on a lamp housing, and the translucent cover and the lamp housing are welded by a laser light irradiated from a welding head on the weld portion. The welding head is moved, during the method of making the lamp, along the weld surface, and the angle of the welding head while moving is varied depending on the orientation of the weld surface so that the orientation angle variation amount of the weld surface is set to be equal to or less than 0.5 deg/mm for areas which are adjacent in the moving direction of the welding head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflection type screen capable of reducing contact resistance between a reflection surface and a rear surface of a screen base, and to a method of manufacturing this reflection type screen. A reflection type screen includes a sheet-shaped base (screen base) which is flexible and has a first surface (base front surface) reflecting projection light and a second surface (base rear surface) as the surface opposite to the first surface (base front surface). The second surface (base rear surface) has an uneven shape (uneven surface). The uneven shape (uneven surface) is uniformly formed. The uneven shape (uneven surface) has crimps.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer body (100) for producing a decorated plastic article (50) having a surface relief (40). The multilayer body (100) comprises a relief film (1) with a first carrier film (2) and a structural layer (3), arranged on one side of the first carrier film (2). The multilayer body (100) also comprises a multilayer film (5) with a second carrier film (10) and at least one decorative layer (12, 14). The structural layer (3) is arranged here between the first carrier film (2) and the second carrier film (10). Furthermore, the multilayer body (100) has a film body (19) which comprises the relief film (1) and can be released from the at least one decorative layer (12, 14), and the at least one decorative layer (12, 14) is formed such that it can be deformed by the structural layer (3) formed as a stamped structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow core door is disclosed, as well as a corresponding hollow core door. The method includes the steps of providing a solid flat door skin, moisturizing the flat skin, applying a conditioning resin thereto, pre-heating the flat door skin, and thereafter pressing the flat door skin between a pair of heated platens in a press in order to reform the flat skin into a molded skin including a plurality of panels defined therein. The press continuously closes in order to reform the flat skin into the molded skin, with the rate of press closure being a function of the determined hardness of the flat skin to be reformed. The resulting door skins have an improved bond strength, and are efficiently manufactured.

Abstract: A part having foam tape integrated into a base component. The base component of the part is a body side molding which is attached to a vehicle using an adhesive. More specifically, the part includes a foam layer integrally formed with the body side molding such that a first side of the foam layer is formed with the body side molding, and an adhesive layer attached to a second side of the foam layer. A release film material is selectively attached to the adhesive layer such that the adhesive layer is disposed between the release film material and the foam layer. The release film material is able to be removed from the adhesive layer, and the body side molding is attached to a vehicle using the adhesive layer. The body side molding is used to protect the vehicle, as well as provide an improvement in the appearance of the vehicle.

Abstract: Process for producing multilayer composite structures, which comprises carrying out the following operations in succession: (a) use of power-modulated laser engraving to provide, to a female or male mold, a surface structure in the form of an image or of a pattern, where this has at least one element (D) which is not a geometric element, not a numeral, and not a letter, and where, within the surface structure, there are differences in screen angles, in depression depth, or in taper values, (b) optional molding of a female mold from the male mold, (c) spray-application of a plastics formulation onto the female mold, where the temperature of the female mold is in the range from 50 to 200° C., (d) solidification of the plastics formulation to give a film, (e) bonding the film to a substrate (A), (f) and removal of the mold, where the operations (e) and (f) can be carried out in any desired sequence.

Abstract: A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion.

Abstract: After a gate line (11), a TFT (1), and a data line (30) are formed, a riblike protective insulation layer (32) which coats the data line is formed on a substrate (10) serving as the element substrate of an active matrix type color liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device. A color filter layer (42) on a transfer film (40) is press-bonded on this substrate (10) with a roller (46) moving in the extensional direction (columnar direction) of the protecting insulation layer (32). The advancement of the transfer of a color filter in the columnar direction makes it possible to bring the substrate and the color filter in contact without gaps while expelling the gas out of a pixel space in the advancement direction. During the step of forming a color filter, the protecting insulation layer (32) protects the data line (30) from the treatment liquid etc. An organic light emitting element layer is arranged in the pixel space to form an organic EL display device.

Abstract: The invention provides a rotary wing aircraft helicopter vehicle rod end and method of making a rod end. The rotary wing aircraft rod end includes a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer bonding surface segment and an axial bore with a center bore axis, a nonelastomeric outer member having an inner bonding surface segment and an axial bore center bore axis, and molded in place alternating elastomeric shims and nonelastomeric shims connecting the nonelastomeric inner member to the nonelastomeric outer member. The rod end includes a first inner elastomeric shim bonded to the nonelastomeric inner member outer bonding surface segment and to a first inner nonelastomeric shim and a second outer elastomeric shim bonded to the nonelastomeric outer member inner bonding surface segment and to a second outer nonelastomeric shim. The nonelastomeric inner member has a molded misalignment rotary wing aircraft rod end orientation with the outer nonelastomeric outer member.