Abstract: The present invention provides for a multi-layered structure adapted to be applied to the surface of a back-contact back-sheet for a photovoltaic module comprising back-contact solar cells. The multi-layered structure comprises a non-extendible intermediate layer (240) comprised of a dielectric material. The multi-layered structure further comprises an upper layer (280) of an encapsulating material coupled to the upper surface (242) of the intermediate layer, as well as a lower layer (270) of a thermo-adhesive material coupled to the lower surface (244) of the intermediate layer (240). The multi-layered structure also has a plurality of through-holes pierced at predetermined positions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a (plastic) card with a flexible inlay. Said method comprises following steps: manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing; coating colloidal on inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing; placing the inlay in said upper housing or the lower housing; closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to have a housing-closed card; laminating the closed housings to have a finished card. Preferably, there is provided in either the upper housing or the lower housing a slot(s) in match with the inlay(s); the inlay is placed within the slot accordingly. By means of the invention, a card with flexible inlay is manufactured, for example, an intelligent card (i.e., smart card) comprising a flexible and active circuit board and a flexible display, and properties of a new kind of card with flexible inlay are guaranteed.

Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus including a wiring pattern formed over a substrate, a first insulating film which is laminated over the wiring pattern and in which a contact hole is formed in an up-down direction at a specified position, lower electrodes each formed over the first insulating film and including a contact portion that is inserted through the contact hole and electrically connected to the wiring pattern, a light emitting layer formed over the lower electrodes, an upper electrode formed over the light emitting layer, a light emitting region regulating member regulating a light emitting region where the light emitting layer is interposed between the lower electrodes and the upper electrode as a region including the contact portion, and a color filter disposed over the substrate in a region corresponding to at least the contact portion.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a plant receptacle wherein the following steps are performed: a) a PLA thread is co-extruded with a flexible aliphatic polyester, said flexible aliphatic polyester comprising 10 wt % to 30 wt % bamboo material, such that the flexible aliphatic polyester covers the PLA thread, thereby creating a weldable biodegradable thread; b) using said weldable biodegradable thread in a woven or non-woven process, making a permeable sheet material; c) continuously forming said sheet material into a continuous receptacle, by bringing the side edges of said sheet material into contact and welding said side edges together; d) cutting said continuous receptacle in predetermined lengths thereby creating separate plant receptacles.

Abstract: A fuselage panel made of composite material having a skin with an opening, at least part of the contour of which is reinforced by an integrated reinforcement made of composite material. The fuselage panel includes at least one liner made of composite material which is attached to and superposed on the reinforced skin portion and participates at least partially in defining the contour of the opening, the panel additionally including consolidating members, each passing at least partially through the liner and at least partially through the reinforced skin portion.

Abstract: The embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for preferably producing a two layer off-axis composite prepreg material in tape form that has fiber direction at angles such as plus or minus five degrees to the longitudinal direction of the backing paper. The use of such off-axis prepreg composite material tape is primarily for fabricating high length-to-width ration parts such as composite wing stringers or spars for aircraft.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for manufacturing such a functional laminate, the method comprising the following steps: providing at least one patchwork layer; stacking the patchwork layer with at least one other layer in order to obtain a stack of layers, wherein at least one proximate layer directly adjacent to the patchwork layer comprises at least one zone comprising a first material or a second material; laminating the stack of layers together by heat and/or pressure and/or gluing.

Abstract: A method for making apertures in a web comprising providing a precursor web material; providing a pair of counter-rotating, intermeshing rollers, wherein a first roller comprises circumferentially-extending ridges and grooves, and a second roller comprises teeth being tapered from a base and a tip, the teeth being joined to the second roller at the base, the base of the tooth having a cross-sectional length dimension greater than a cross-sectional width dimension; and moving the web material through a nip of the counter-rotating, intermeshing rollers; wherein apertures are formed in the precursor web material as the teeth on one of the rollers intermesh with grooves on the other of the rollers.

Abstract: In a step of performing a stretching process performed by using an embossing roll mechanism, a continuous body of an exterior sheet is conveyed in a state in which strand-shaped members are joined with each of an end region and an end region of the continuous body of the exterior sheet, along a conveyance direction of the continuous body of the exterior sheet; and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by tooth units of a first embossing roll and interdental units of a second embossing roll corresponding to the end region side, and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by the tooth units of the first embossing roll and the interdental units of the second embossing roll positioned at the end region side.

Abstract: A cover device for a portable or mobile device, in particular for mobile phones, having a section configured to allow touch identification technology—such as fingerprint identification—already built into the portable device to work properly.

Abstract: A method for producing a perforated retroreflective trim that includes the steps of providing a substrate having first and second sides and a plurality of openings extending between the sides, providing a backing on the first side of the substrate, providing a retroreflective layer on the second side of the substrate, adhering the retroreflective layer to the second side of the substrate and to the backing within the openings of the substrate so that portions of the retroreflective layer are adhered to the backing through the openings in the substrate, and removing the backing from the first side of the substrate to strip away from the retroreflective layer the portions of the retroreflective layer adhered to the backing through the openings in the substrate to provide the perforated retroreflective trim.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system for attaching devices to flexible substrates. A device may be coupled to a flexible substrate in a manner that prevents adhesive from contacting conductive ink while the adhesive is harmful. If conductive epoxy is used to anchor conductive pads in the device to the flexible substrate, conductive epoxy may be applied beyond the edge of the device over which conductive ink may be applied to make electrical connections. Holes may also be formed in the flexible substrate allowing conductive epoxy to be exposed on a surface of the flexible substrate opposite to the device location, the conductive ink connections being made on the opposite surface. The conductive ink may also be applied directly to the conductive pads when extended beyond the device's edge. The flexible substrate may be pre-printed with circuit paths, the conductive ink coupling the device to the circuit paths.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a leg and flap elastics composite for use in an absorbent article includes joining a leg elastic member to a web moving in a machine direction. A flap elastic member is joined to the web and spaced from the leg elastic member. The web is fed to a chopper assembly wherein portions of the leg and flap elastic members are rendered less elastic at spaced-apart intervals to define deadened portions of the leg and flap elastic members.

Abstract: A perforated composite panel comprises a substrate and an applied layer, the substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A method of forming the perforated composite panel comprises the steps of: i. cutting a plurality of first holes in the substrate; ii. positioning the applied layer against the substrate such that a surface of the applied layer overlays the first surface of the substrate to thereby form the composite panel; iii. locating the composite panel in a fixture, the fixture having one or more datum features; iv. determining the location and axis direction for each of the first holes in the substrate, relative to the or each datum feature; and v. cutting a plurality of second holes in the applied layer, each of the plurality of second holes being coincident and coaxial with a corresponding one of the plurality of first holes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a glass core substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided the glass core substrate including: a glass core laminate including a glass layer and insulating layers which are stacked on upper and lower portions of the glass layer; a through hole formed by penetrating through the glass core laminate and provided with at least one crack which is formed at a penetrating inner wall by penetrating into the glass layer; and a conductive material filled in the through hole and the crack. Further, the method for manufacturing a glass core substrate is provided.

Abstract: The presently claimed invention is to provide a package for compact RF signal system, and a method to form the package thereof in order to miniaturize the size of package, improve signal integrity, and reduce manufacturing cost. The package comprises a hybrid substrate with a sandwiched structure, in which the hybrid substrate comprises an upper layer and a lower layer with different dielectric properties being separated by an interposer for improving electrical isolation and mechanical stiffness. Metal layers are formed on the sidewalls of the opening to surround an active component, such that the metal sidewalls together with two ground plates in the upper and lower layers constitute a self-shielding enclosure inside the package to protect the active component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing an overlapping hybrid connection between two or more components. A hybrid connection in the meaning of the invention is characterized by adhesively bonding and producing mechanical spot joint connections between two joining parts, the adhesive layer being arranged in the region of the mechanical joint connections. The method according to the invention is carried out in the following method steps: purposefully removing material from one or more of the components or purposefully applying material to one or more of the components in the region of the lap joint to be produced to form one or more projections, applying adhesive to one or more of the components in the region of the lap joint to be produced, overlapping the components, pressing the components together in the region of the lap joint to press the projections against the overlapping component(s) and producing one or more mechanical spot joint connections on the projections in the overlap region.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a stage mounted with an organic light emitting display panel and a supporting substrate of the organic light emitting display panel, a porous sheet attachable to and detachable from a thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel, and a porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus configured to be separable from the organic light emitting display panel and to attach and detach the porous sheet to and from the thin film encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display panel. The porous sheet attaching/detaching apparatus is configured to remove an attaching/detaching gas from between the porous sheet and the thin film encapsulation layer to attach the porous sheet to the thin film encapsulation layer.

Abstract: A method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

Abstract: There is provided a shield part including: a magnetic laminate formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic layers and having a first surface and a second surface; a coil pattern formed on the first surface; and a first lead part formed at an end portion of a central portion of the coil pattern and a second lead part formed outside of the coil pattern, wherein a portion of the second surface is removed to form a recess, the first lead part is electrically connected to the second lead part by a conductive material disposed in the recess and a first via formed in the magnetic laminate in a lamination direction, and the second lead part is electrically connected to the first lead part by the conductive material disposed in the recess and a second via formed in the magnetic laminate in the lamination direction.

Abstract: A seal formed of laminated films adhered to a peel strip. The seal includes a target area free of adhesive, and adhesive surrounding the target area. The seal is formed so that the target area is visually distinguished from the surrounding adhesive to facilitate placement of the seal on a medical container by a user. The use of a colored adhesive, reflectivity of the adhesive, a colored laminate, or a colored target background can be utilized to make the target area visually different from the surrounding adhesive.

Abstract: A method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

Abstract: A pant-type absorbent article including a first body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side and a second body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side, the body facing sides of first and second body panels are held together in a face-to-face relationship along lateral edges to form side connections. The article further including a first fastening member hingedly attached to or near a lateral edge of the body facing side of the first body panel and having a portion which is unattached to said first body panel, said portion is refastenably attached to a complementary second fastening member provided on the body facing side of the second body panel. A recess forming a finger grip may be provided in the lateral edge of the first body panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a label for marking items comprising a carrier material with a top side and a bottom side. The carrier material is printable at least on the top side. Adhesive layers are provided on the bottom side and the top side, wherein at least the adhesive layer provided on the top side can be activated for example by heat.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a process of drilling organic glasses, comprising the following steps: (a) providing an organic glass substrate; (b) providing onto at least one surface of said organic glass substrate optionally via an adhesive layer selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives, a polymer film having an elastic modulus of equal to or less than 3 GPa in at least one direction and a E*h2 is equal to or more than 3.5 N in at least one direction, E and h being respectively the elastic modulus and the thickness of the thermoplastic polymer film; and (c) drilling a hole through the substrate and polymer film by means of a drill.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device includes the steps of bonding a first substrate to a second substrate having a toughness greater than that of the first substrate, forming a first though-hole through the first substrate from the side opposite to the side on which the second substrate is bonded, and forming a second through-hole through the second substrate at a location corresponding to the first through-hole by a formation method different from that used to form the first through-hole from the side opposite to the side on which the first substrate is bonded.

Abstract: A fabric (30) includes a first flexible fabric layer (32), having fabric emissivity properties in a visible radiation range that are selected so as to mimic ambient emissivity properties of a deployment environment of the fabric, and at least one second flexible fabric layer (34), which is joined to the first flexible fabric layer, and which is configured to scatter long-wave radiation that is incident on the fabric. The first and second flexible fabric layers are perforated by a non-uniform pattern of perforations (44) extending over at least a part of the fabric.

Abstract: A nasal dilator manufacturing process reduces waste by cutting nested strips of flexible resilient members interconnected by waste webs from a sheet of resilient-layer material. The nested strips are incorporated into a fabrication matrix with other layers (e.g. base or cover layers), then individual nasal dilators are formed by cutting through the matrix around a peripheral outline of a dilator, said cutting severing the nested strips that are part of the fabrication matrix near the waste webs between the flexible resilient members.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer PCB comprises the following steps. First, a PCB substrate includes a first circuit layer is provided. The first circuit layer includes a mounting portion. A first solder-resistant layer is formed on the mounting portion and a protective adhesive film is attached on the first solder-resistant layer. Next, a first copper foil, a first adhesive layer, a second copper foil, and a second adhesive layer are laminated on the PCB substrate, and the first and second copper foils are etched to form circuit layers. Then a cavity is defined and the protective adhesive film is exposed in it. After removing the protective adhesive film, an electronic component is mounted in the cavity. As such, a multilayer PCB with the electronic component embedded in is obtained.

Abstract: An absorbent foam composite comprising a foam layer having open slits that define apertures on at least a portion of the foam layer and an absorbent layer. A heat set film may be sandwiched between the foam layer and the absorbent layer and have opened slits that define apertures that are at least partially congruent with the apertures of the foam layer. The absorbent layer may contain apertures or be aperture free. The absorbent foam composites can be used in a variety of applications, including personal hygiene articles, medical bandages, pet pads and agricultural pads.

Abstract: A tank includes a bottom portion with an upwardly extending annular flange having a reduced thickness at an end portion as compared to a lower portion. A generally cylindrical sidewall portion has an end portion disposed within the annular flange and forms a joint therewith. An internal overlaminate piece is bonded about an inner circumference of the joint. An external overlaminate piece is bonded about an outer circumference of the joint.

Abstract: A convective blanket may be converted from an underbody blanket to a combination over body and underbody blanket by having an openable seal positioned substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the blanket away from the head area of the blanket. The seal may be preformed with a line of weakness so that it may readily be separated to form an opening for the head of the patient. The upper portion and the main portion of the blanket may be folded relatively towards each other to cover opposite sides of the patient. Elongate openings are provided in the main portion of the blanket to allow the arms of the patient to extend through the blanket.

Abstract: The material proposed for sealing off cavities between structural components formed of materials having different thermal characteristics comprises an intumescent mat completely sealed in a polymeric film and the interior bounded by the polymeric film and containing the intumescent mat is evacuated.

Abstract: Structures such as display structures and other electronic device structures may be shaped using water jet cutting equipment. The water jet cutting equipment may be used to produce a water jet. The water jet may be used to cut layer of material such as display layers and other structures. Water jet cutting may form edge cuts, cuts for openings in the structures, chamfers, and other features. Multiple layers may be simultaneously cut using water jet cutting. Positioning equipment may be used to control the position of a workpiece relative to a water jet nozzle. The positioning equipment may be controlled using a control unit. During water jet cutting operations, the workpiece may be trimmed, openings may be formed, and features such as chamfers may be created. A workpiece may include a cover glass, a color filter array, a thin-film transistor layer, and other display layers and device structures.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component-embedded substrate comprises forming an adhesive layer on a metal layer formed on a supporting plate, and mounting an electric or electronic component on the adhesive layer, wherein the component includes a component main body and a protrusion that protrudes beyond the component main body toward the adhesive layer, the adhesive layer includes a first adhesive body and a second adhesive body, the first adhesive body is formed only at a position corresponding to the protrusion, the second adhesive body is formed in an area corresponding to the whole of the surface of the component facing the adhesive layer after the first adhesive body is cured, and the component is mounted with the protrusion aligned with the first adhesive body in the component mounting step.

Abstract: Device, system, and method to adhesively bond a sleeve to a mandrel are disclosed. The sleeve and the mandrel may be used as part of frac plug or a bridge plug in oil and gas applications. The bonded adhesive connection with grooves is strengthened to reliably achieve higher levels of lap shear strengths than attainable by conventional means.

Abstract: A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the non-inflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion there is provided a non-inflatable body area. Along each longitudinal side of the body area there is at least one longitudinal channel. Each of the longitudinal channels is in fluid communication with the channel that surrounds the non-inflatable head area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the non-inflatable body area and are in fluid communication with each other by way of a cross channel formed at the foot end of the blanket.

Abstract: A process for forming a back-sheet assembly for a photovoltaic module having multiple solar cells with back-side electrical contacts includes providing a substrate, adhering an electrically conductive metal circuit to the substrate, adhering release pads to the metal circuit in a pattern, adhering an insulating layer to the metal circuit, forming openings in said insulating layer in a pattern over the release pads, and filling the openings with electrically conductive material that is in electrical contact with the electrically conductive metal circuit. A process for forming a photovoltaic module with this back-sheet assembly is also provided. The back-sheet assembly and photovoltaic module made with the back-sheet assembly are also provided.

Abstract: The invention comprises a foam insulating panel having an outer surface and a reinforcing member adhered to at least a portion of the outer surface of the foam insulating panel. An insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprises an outer cover, and an absorbent member attached to the skin facing side of the outer cover. The absorbent member includes an absorber. At least a crotch zone of the outer cover is subjected to a softening process for softening a material of the outer cover.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making a thermoacoustic element. In the method, a graphene film is arranged on a metal substrate. A nonmetal substrate is stacked with the graphene film located on the metal substrate to form a laminate structure. The graphene film is sandwiched between the nonmetal substrate and the metal substrate. The metal substrate is removed from the stacked structure. A number of through-holes are formed in the nonmetal substrate. The graphene film is exposed through the plurality of through-holes.

Abstract: A resilient floor tile includes a base layer, a film layer, a decorative film layer, and a topcoat. The resilient floor tile has a shaped edge formed on an upper surface thereof that extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the resilient floor tile. In order to make the resilient floor tile, a continuous sheet of a base layer is conveyed into a press die. The press die is actuated from an open position to a closed position. The continuous sheet is cut with a blade of a cutting tool of the press die to form side surfaces of the resilient floor tile when the press die is in the closed position. A shaped edge is formed on at least a portion of a perimeter of an upper surface of the resilient floor tile with a forming tool of the press die when the press die is in the closed position.

Abstract: A panel includes a core and a layer of adhesive on top of a core of the panel. A release liner covers the layer of adhesive. The release liner includes segments configured so that any of the segments can be selectively individually removed, exposing corresponding sections of the layer of adhesive.

Abstract: An electro-optic display is produced using a sub-assembly comprising a front sheet, an electro-optic medium; and an adhesive layer. An aperture is formed through the adhesive layer where the adhesive layer is not covered by the electro-optic medium, and the sub-assembly is adhered to a backplane having a co-operating member with the aperture engaged with a co-operating member, thus locating the sub-assembly relative to the backplane. In another form of electro-optic display, a chip extends through an aperture in the electro-optic medium and adhesive layer. In a third form, the aforementioned sub-assembly is secured to a backplane and then a cut is made through both backplane and sub-assembly to provide an aligned edge.

Abstract: A technique capable of satisfying both higher functionality and higher accuracy in a compact imaging device is sought to be provided. In order to accomplish the above object, an imaging device is formed by lamination of a plurality of layers including: an imaging element layer that has an imaging element part; a lens layer that has a lens part whose distance from the imaging element part is changeable, and is disposed between a subject and the imaging element part; and an actuator layer that has an actuator part to move the lens part, and is disposed between the subject and the imaging element part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display element, includes: providing a long sheet material including a laminate of an optical film containing a polarizer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a carrier film temporarily bonded to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; cutting the long sheet material at predetermined intervals, while maintaining the continuity of the carrier film; peeling off the carrier film by a tensile force; and continuously bonding the resulting optical film pieces to liquid crystal panels, respectively, through the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer exposed by the peeling off, while feeding the resulting optical film pieces, wherein the cutting is performed to such a depth as to substantially reach the carrier film, and the carrier film is cut to a depth less than half of the thickness of the carrier film at least both end portions in the width direction of the carrier film.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing an optical display device including an optical display unit and an optical film that includes a polarizing plate and is bonded to the optical display unit.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for through substrate via inductors. In one aspect, a cavity is defined in a glass substrate. At least two metal bars are in the cavity. A first end of each metal bar is proximate a first surface of the substrate, and a second end of each metal bar is proximate a second surface of the substrate. A metal trace connects a first metal bar and a second metal bar. In some instances, one or more dielectric layers can be disposed on surfaces of the substrate. In some instances, the metal bars and the metal trace define an inductor. The inductor can have a degree of flexibility corresponding to a variable inductance. Metal turns can be arranged in a solenoidal or toroidal configuration. The toroidal inductor can have tapered traces and/or thermal ground planes. Transformers and resonator circuitry can be realized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a tubular orifice formed/added to a wall of a molded product such as a tub, spa, hot tub, boat hull, tank, vat, trough, etc. The resulting tubular orifice has a smooth, regular, tubular inner wall that seals well with accessories that have tubular interface sections that fit within the tubular orifice and seal using one or more o-rings. The orifice is formed around an insert that is removably held to an inside wall of a mold by, for example, magnets during rotational molding, thereby enabling extraction of the molded product from the mold as the inserts separate from the inside wall as the molded product is extracted.

Abstract: A method includes moving an absorbent composite in a machine direction, severing the composite at a first cut oriented in a direction that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular with the machine direction, severing the composite at a second cut oriented in a direction that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular with the machine direction, severing the composite at a third cut oriented in a direction that is perpendicular to the machine direction, and separating the composite along the first cut, the second cut, and the third cut into discrete absorbent articles.