Abstract: Disclosed herein is a radiation detector, comprising a first pixel; a first reflector; and a first scintillator, wherein the first reflector is configured to guide essentially all photons emitted by the first scintillator into the first pixel. The first reflector is configured to reflect photons emitted by the first scintillator toward the first reflector. The first scintillator is essentially completely enclosed by the first reflector and the first pixel.

Abstract: Methods for forming composite components with sealed bi-material interfaces include applying a sacrificial material to a surface of a substrate, over-molding the substrate and the sacrificial material with an over-molding material such that the over-molding material covers at least a portion of the sacrificial material and at least one surface of the substrate, removing the sacrificial material by deflagration to form a composite component with a channel between the substrate and the over-molding material, introducing an uncured sealant into the channel, and curing the sealant to form a sealed composite component. The method can further include removing a portion of the sealant prior to the sealant fully curing. The sealed composite component can include a passage, encircled by the channel, extending between the substrate and the over-molding material. The substrate can be a metal, a polymer, a polymer composite, a ceramic, or a continuous fiber composite material.

Abstract: The invention provides a powder pre-preg comprising as sole resin a vinyl ester resin having a Tg in the range of ?5 to +30° C. and a melt viscosity @100° C. in the range of 2 to 75 dPa·s, which can be used in making a composite at a temperature as low as 80° C.

Abstract: This display device includes a display panel including a rear side holding member made of resin, holding a display cell from the rear side and a substrate mounting member made of sheet metal, mounted with a circuit substrate, while the substrate mounting member made of sheet metal includes a drawn portion formed by a first protruding portion, and the rear side holding member made of resin includes a second protruding portion corresponding to the first protruding portion on a portion corresponding to the drawn portion of the substrate mounting member made of sheet metal.

Abstract: A racquet extends along a longitudinal axis and is capable of being tested under a racquet lateral bending test and a racquet torsional stability test. The racquet lateral bending test includes mounting the racquet in a first orientation to a first test fixture at a first longitudinal location, attaching a clamp to the racquet at a second location, operably engaging a deflection indicator to the clamp, applying a first predetermined weight to the racquet at a third location, and removing the first weight to obtain a lateral deflection measurement of the racquet with respect to the longitudinal axis. The racquet torsional stability test includes mounting the racquet to second and third test fixtures at sixth and seventh locations of the racquet, respectively, placing a third predetermined weight on an arm extending from the second test fixture, removing the third predetermined weight to obtain an angular deflection about the axis.

Abstract: A tow prepreg manufacturing apparatus applies resin to an original tow of reinforcing fibers. The tow prepreg manufacturing apparatus includes an oiling roller, a scraper, a resin reservoir, a tube pump, and a controller. The oiling roller is supplied with resin while rotating at a predetermined rotation speed. The scraper adjusts the shape of the resin supplied onto the oiling roller. The resin reservoir supplies resin to the oiling roller. The tube pump discharges resin to the resin reservoir. The controller controls the tube pump so that the amount of resin held in the resin reservoir remains constant and controls the rotation speed of the oiling roller so that a resin content of a wound tow prepreg becomes equal to a target resin content.

Abstract: A method for producing a component made of fiber-reinforced plastic includes comprises the steps of providing at least one insert part, placing the insert part in a mold and embedding the insert part using a matrix material and at least one fiber mat in the mold. The insert part is provided as a closed capsule.

Abstract: The radio frequency (RF) probe socket is disclosed. The probe socket includes a conductive noise shielding body configured to accommodate the plurality of signal probes to be parallel with one another while exposing opposite ends thereof, and shield noise; upper and lower noise shielding walls configured to be extended from the noise shielding body to some areas between the exposed opposite ends of the plurality of signal probes; and upper and lower holding members configured to be arranged on top and bottom sides of the noise shielding body, support the exposed opposite ends of the plurality of signal probes, and comprise accommodating grooves accommodate the noise shielding walls, respectively. With this, the noise shielding wall extended from the shielding block makes a shield between the signal probe pins passing through the upper and lower holding member, thereby preventing crosstalk between the signal probe pins.

Abstract: One embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure may use a fixture with one or more boot recesses formed therein. An embedded member may be engaged with a boot and placed in a boot recess. Substrate lay-up may be placed around all or a portion of the embedded member and an outer member may be positioned over the substrate lay-up. A cover may be positioned over the outer member and engaged with the fixture. The pressure within an interior portion of the fixture may be reduced to less than ambient pressure and resin may be introduced to interact with the substrate lay-up and allowed to cure.

Abstract: The composite pultruded products either in “I” profile or “Plate” profile of higher cross sectional area where said products consisting essentially synthetic polyester felts as core impregnated with a resin system comprises of at least one resin, curing system comprising a curing agent and an accelerator, a filler, a thinner, pigment or any other additives; encapsulated between bi-directionally and/or uni-directionally oriented synthetic fabric selected from polyester, carbon, aramid, glass, basalt and mixtures thereof impregnated with said resin system are provided.

Abstract: A metal shell of an electronic device and a method for fabricating the metal shell are provided. The method for fabricating the metal shell includes: stamping out a side wall and a bottom portion of the metal shell from a metal sheet, wherein the stamping retains a reserved material at a first position on the side wall; bending and shoving the reserved material on the side wall towards an inner side of the side wall, until a protruding portion is formed at the inner side of the side wall; removing an excessive portion of the protruding portion to shape the protruding portion into a plastic gripping structure of a preset shape; and injecting and filling the plastic gripping structure with plastic.

Abstract: A sports racquet capable of being tested under a racquet vibration test, and including a frame extending along a longitudinal axis. The frame includes a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion positioned between the head portion and the handle portion. The head portion forms a hoop that defines a string bed plane. The throat portion includes a pair of throat elements. At least the head portion and the throat portion of the racquet are formed at least in part of a fiber composite material. The head portion including a forward hoop surface and a rearward hoop surface. The distance between the forward and rearward hoop surfaces defines a beam height distance. The head portion has a maximum beam height distance of at least 19 mm. When the racquet is tested under the racquet vibration test, the racquet has a vibration of no greater than 130 Hz.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition comprising (A) a polyalkylene terephthalate resin and (B) an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 ?m or greater and in which an amount of the core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component; and a molded article which is obtained by molding the polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition.

Abstract: A racquet includes a frame extending along a longitudinal axis. The frame includes head and handle portions, and a throat portion positioned between the head and handle portions. The head and throat portions are formed at least in part of a fiber composite material. The material includes a plurality of ply arrangements. Each of the arrangements includes one ply having a first plurality of fibers defining a first angle with respect to a composite axis, and another ply having a second plurality of fibers defining a second angle with respect to the composite axis. The first and second angles are substantially the same except the angles have opposite polarities with respect to the composite axis. The head portion includes at least three arrangements overlaying each other, and the first and second angles of at least two of the at least three arrangements are at least 35 degrees.

Abstract: A wearable accessory capable of communicating data to actuators or from sensors is disclosed. The wearable accessory includes a conductor wire disposed in a moldable medium according to a predetermined pattern, the moldable medium being an electrically insulating material, the conductor wire terminating at an input and an output.

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for making thermoformed structural elements and composites, including the use of composites, dissimilar or variable processing materials. End products can have the same outward appearance as those products made by more demanding, more expensive extrusion process or injection process, but the end products can be pre-engineered to have significantly, unexpectedly, improved physical and chemical properties.

Abstract: A tennis racquet extending along a longitudinal axis and capable of being tested under a lateral bending test and a forward/rearward bending test, includes a frame having a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion positioned between the head and handle portions. The head portion forms a hoop that defines a string bed plane. At least the head portion and the throat portion of the racquet are formed at least in part of a fiber composite material. The throat portion includes a pair of throat elements. When the racquet is tested under the lateral bending test, the racquet has a lateral deflection of at least 6.0 mm when measured in a direction parallel to the string bed plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A catheter assembly is disclosed, comprising a proximal catheter assembly portion and a distal catheter assembly portion. The proximal catheter assembly portion includes a bifurcating hub that defines at least one fluid passageway. The distal catheter assembly portion includes a catheter tube that defines at least one lumen and includes a polymeric material. A cannula assembly is also disclosed and includes at least one cannula that is operably connected with the fluid passageway of the birfurcating hub. The cannula is further configured to operably connect with the lumen of the catheter tube so as to provide fluid communication between the proximal and distal catheter assembly portions when the two portions are connected. A polymeric coating is included with the cannula and the catheter tube, and is configured to provide a seal between the cannula and the catheter tube when the proximal and distal catheter assembly portions are connected together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin film for uppers of shoes, which includes a polyurethane skin or a thermoplastic polyurethane film having a colored layer and a thermoplastic polyurethane hot melt film. The skin film is manufactured when an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer is formed between the TPU film and the hot melt film. The skin film can prevent dyes of a fabric material from being transferred to the skin film when the skin film is bonded to the fabric material, thereby preventing pollution of the colored layer of the skin film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method wherein a product mold is placed in a basin. The product mold is filled with wet concrete and an intermediate space between the product mold and the basin is filled with a non-hardening slurry having a density substantially similar to the density of the wet concrete. During the filling, the level difference between the wet concrete surface level and the non-hardening slurry surface level is controlled such that the pressure of the wet concrete on the inside of an outer wall of the form mold is substantially balanced by the pressure of the slurry on the outside of the outer wall of the form mold. The invention thus enables the use of a product mold that differs from traditional form works in that its outer wall does not need to support the pressure of the wet concrete contained within the product cavity.

Abstract: A vehicle part cover including a methacrylic-based resin (I) having a weight average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 65,000 to 300,000, the methacrylic-based resin (I) comprising: 50 to 97% by mass of a methacrylate monomer unit (A); 3 to 30% by mass of a structural unit (B) having a ring structure in its main chain, and being at least one selected from the group consisting of a maleimide-based structural unit, a glutaric anhydride structural unit, a glutarimide-based structural unit, and a lactone ring structural unit; and 0 to 20% by mass of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylate monomer.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a network virtualization policy management system. An event relating to a service can be detected, and virtual machines and virtual network functions that provide the service can be identified. A first policy that defines allocation of hardware resources to host the virtual machines and the virtual network functions can be obtained, as can a second policy that defines deployment of the virtual machines and the virtual network functions to the hardware resources. The hardware resources can be allocated based upon the first policy and the virtual machines and the virtual network functions can be deployed to the hardware resources based upon the second policy.

Abstract: A motor includes a brush holder fitted into an opening portion of a cylindrical housing in which a rotor is housed, and a terminal fixed to the brush holder. The brush holder includes a holder section inserted into the opening portion of the housing, a connector section that is provided in a position protruding from an outer edge portion of the holder section in a radial direction and that is connected to an external terminal, and a linking section that links the holder section and the connector section. The terminal is fixed to the linking section.

Abstract: A medical device is disclosed. The medical device may include an elongate member having a lumen extending at least partially between a proximal end and a distal end of the elongate member. The medical device may also include a plurality of legs coupled to a distal portion of the elongate member, and a distal end piece connected to each of the plurality of legs and located distally to the distal end of the elongate member. The medical device may also include an actuating member coupled to the distal end piece and extending between the plurality of legs and through the lumen. The reciprocal movement of the actuating member may be configured to reversibly move the plurality of legs from a first position to a second position. The medical device may also include a stopping member coupled to the actuating member and configured to limit a movement of the actuating member.

Abstract: A method of preparing a toner image printed material includes forming a toner image on a recording medium; forming a coating film by applying a coating liquid to a surface having the toner image of the recording medium; and drying the coating film, wherein the toner image contains, as a binder resin, a polyester resin having a hydroxyl value of 25 mgKOH/g or higher, and the coating liquid contains a solvent component that swells or dissolves the polyester resin, a polyisocyanate component, and a polyol component.

Abstract: A flat panel display device comprising a backboard and a display panel fitted therewith is provided. The edge of the backboard is structured as a barrier wall extending perpendicular to the body of the backboard. A stepped groove is arranged on the interior face of the barrier wall for supporting the display panel and forming accommodating space between the display panel and the body of the backboard. The stepped groove extends from an outer end of the barrier wall towards the body of the backboard, and the depth of the stepped groove is consistent with the thickness of the display panel. The backboard is made of plastic plate containing a enhancing element. The flat panel display device according to the present disclosure can be designed as a light and thin display device with no frame, and thus is suitable for making an all-in-one machine.

Abstract: A thrust washer for a sliding bearing may include a thrust washer substrate having an axial face. The thrust washer may also have a polymer layer of profiled thickness on the axial face of the substrate. The profiled polymer layer may be provided with at least one oil distribution groove.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a housing of an electronic device. The method includes manufacturing a housing body by successively stacking a composite material sheet with a plastic sheet applied to at least one surface of a top and a bottom surfaces of the composite material sheet and molding a plastic injection-molded product on the plastic sheet of the housing body through insert molding to connectively affix the composite material sheet with the housing body and the plastic sheet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package substrate is disclosed. The method may include forming a hole through a substrate layer in the package substrate. The method also includes inserting a prefabricated coaxial wire segment into the hole. The prefabricated coaxial wire segment may include a signal conductor, a ground conductor that surrounds the signal conductor, and dielectric material interposed between the signal conductor and the ground conductor. Furthermore, an integrated circuit package is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising the following: A) an ethylene/?-olefin/diene interpolymer; B) from 40 to 70 weight percent, based on sum weight of A and B, of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer; and C) a sulfur-containing compound.

Abstract: An adhesive decorative pattern with a pliable polymer film includes first and second pliable polymer films, a first decorative element made out of fabric and consisting of a plurality of fabrics each extending in irregular directions, and a releasing paper defining a front releasably coated with a glue layer. The first pliable polymer film, the first decorative element, the second pliable polymer film, and the releasing paper are stacked together into a pile. The first decorative element is sandwiched between the first and second pliable polymer films. The glue layer is sandwiched between the second pliable polymer and the front of the releasing paper. The adhesive decorative pattern with the pliable film includes the first pliable polymer film, the first decorative element, and the second pliable polymer film bonded securely together, and includes the releasing paper being able to be released from the glue layer.

Abstract: A device for closure of an opening formed in a body vessel includes a grasping member and a sheath movable thereover. The grasping member comprises a tubular body having a plurality of grasping fingers extending from a distal end of the tubular body. The fingers radially extend from the tubular body at a first angle, and are collapsible therefrom to a second angle. The fingers have a distal tip configured for grasping an outer wall of the body vessel surrounding the vessel opening when the fingers are at the first angle. The sheath is slidable over the tubular body and at least a portion of the grasping fingers for collapsing the fingers from the first angle to the second angle, thereby causing the collapsed fingers to at least substantially close the opening.

Abstract: A method of waterproofing a coated electric wire attached connector terminal which is formed of metal material and which includes a barrel part which is crimped to a conductor which is exposed from a sheath, a terminal part, a connecting plate which is formed between the barrel part and the terminal part, and connects the barrel part and the terminal part. The method includes an adhesive material applying step in which adhesive material is applied to the connecting plate, and a molded part molding step in which the coated electric wire attached connector terminal is placed in a metal mold to form an injection space around the connecting plate, the barrel part and the sheath and resin is injected into the injection space to cover the connecting plate, the barrel part and the sheath with a resin molded part.

Abstract: A filtration article and a method for manufacture of the filtration article. The filtration article includes a filtration medium that includes a porous membrane. A thermoplastic end cap component is potted onto the filtration medium along the peripheral edge of the filtration medium. To enhance the quality of the seal between the end cap component and the filtration medium, a thermoplastic material is imbibed through at least a portion of the thickness of the filtration medium along the peripheral edge. Methods for the manufacture of such a filtration article and the filtration medium are also provided.

Abstract: A portable electronic device commonly includes one or more batteries. Further, a portable electronic device may be manufactured using one or more overmolding techniques to achieve certain aesthetic and/or mechanical characteristics. Batteries within the portable electronic device may be overmolded by using a covering, wherein the covering includes a protective layer such that the batteries are not exposed to the high temperatures and high pressures associated with an overmolding process which may be in excess of temperature and pressure thresholds associated with the batteries.

Abstract: A display device includes preparing a high hardness film. In the high hardness film, a first supporting member, a silsesquioxane film, and a second supporting member are deposited. The high hardness film is pre-treated, forming a pre-window. A transparent member is formed on a surface of the pre-window through an injection process. The transparent member is formed of polycarbonate. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are formed of polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wear-resistant lining element which is intended for a surface subjected to wear and which has an outwardly directed surface, over which material in the form of pieces or particles, such as crushed ore and crushed rock material, is intended to move. The wear-resistant lining element comprises elastomeric material, and is characterized in that it has a metal profile at least partly embedded along an edge of the wear-resistant lining element by vulcanization or hardening. The invention also relates to a wear-resistant lining, a truck haul body and a method for manufacturing a wear-resistant lining element.

Abstract: A sweeping device and method of manufacturing a silicone sweeping device. The sweeping device is made of silicone and includes: a silicone block with internal chassis; a plurality of downwardly silicone elongated bristles; and an upwardly projecting member containing a handle-receiving member with a cavity. The method of manufacturing a silicone sweeping device includes: providing a hard heat resistant chassis; providing a hard heat resistant cone with internal screw thread; drilling a hole into the center of the chassis; providing protective coating to the chassis; providing primer coating to the chassis; inserting the hard cone heat resistant tube as the handle receiving hole into the hole in the chassis; providing a mold including a mold cavity; placing the chassis into the mold cavity; processing the silicone in the mold into a final product; and applying secondary heat treatment in the oven.

Abstract: Molds for preparing a viscoelastic material for dynamic analysis that include mold sections that when closed in alignment define such elements as a specimen cavity having an open end and dimensioned to provide a sample of the viscoelastic material of a predetermined size. Other elements may include a support member holder adjacent to the open end of the specimen cavity and a fill channel in fluid communication between the specimen cavity and a fill port. The fill port is adapted for receiving a reactive mixture of the viscoelastic material to fill the specimen cavity, wherein the support member holder is adapted for securing a support member having a surface that seals the open end of the specimen cavity.

Abstract: Techniques for component protective overmolding include selectively applying a securing coating substantially over one or more elements coupled to a framework, molding a first protective layer over the framework, the one or more elements, and the securing coating, after the securing coating has been selectively applied, and molding a second protective layer over the first protective layer. In one embodiment, the second protective layer is configured to provide a surface configured to receive a pattern and is removable if a defect is yielded during inspection. Further, the securing coating may be a curable material, such as an ultra violet curable material.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-resin bonded body that expresses excellent bonding strength and does not show a reduction in the strength after a durability test, thus being able to keep the excellent bonding strength over a long period of time. The aluminum-resin bonded body includes: an aluminum substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; an oxygen-containing film containing oxygen, which is formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and a molded resin formed of a thermoplastic resin, which is bonded onto the oxygen-containing film. The thermoplastic resin is a thermoplastic resin containing an element having an unshared electron pair in a repeat unit and/or at an end.

Abstract: The invention provides an in mould label for injection moulding that comprises a vacuum metallised layer of metal for creating a barrier to oxygen ingress. The invention further provides a moulded article including such an in-mould label, as well as a method of manufacture of such an article.

Abstract: The present invention provides inks and methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises an actinically-curable binder copolymer comprising fluorine-containing segments and is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored film on a molding surface of a mold or a silicone hydrogel contact lens and by having an increased durability in a solvated state in a silicone-hydrogel lens formulation in relation to a control colored film obtained from a control ink including an actinically-curable fluorine-free binder copolymer. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses based on print-on-mold processes for producing colored contact lenses.

Abstract: A plastic product having patterns in three dimensions includes an injecting base and a first film adhered to one side of the base. The first film includes a first pattern away from the base and a thickening layer attached to the first pattern. The first pattern is positioned between the thickening layer and the first film. A first raised portion is formed on the first film and inserted into the base.

Abstract: A cementitious composite material wherein glass-coated steel rods are positioned in a cementitious matrix. The glass composition for coating the steel reinforcing rods includes between about 33-45 weight percent SiO2, 13.5-19.5 weight percent B2O3, 3.5-4.6 weight percent Al2O3, 4.0-13.5 weight percent K2O, 5.5-15.5 weight percent ZrO2, 8.6-15.9 weight percent Na2O, 4.6-5.1 weight percent CaO, 0.6-0.7 weight percent MnO2, 1.0-1.0 weight percent NiO, and 1.0-1.1 weight percent CoO. The glass composition is typically in compression on the rods at ambient temperatures, has a coefficient of thermal expansion of between about 12.5 and about 13.5, and has a softening temperature of between about 585 degrees Celsius and about 600 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: An automated method and system for making painted vehicle body panel skins and vehicle body panels, such as instrument panels, are provided wherein throughput and equipment utilization are greatly improved at a relatively low cost. The method includes transferring a mold having a mold surface from an entrance station to a paint station within a dispensing area. The method further includes applying paint on the mold surface to form a layer of paint on the mold surface at the paint station. The method still further includes spraying curable polyurethane elastomer on the painted surface at a spray station within the dispensing area. The paint and spray stations may be coincident.

Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.

Abstract: An emblem assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle includes a first element and a second element. The first element is configured for attachment to the vehicle and has a first surface and a second surface recessed from the first surface. The second element is configured for attachment to the first element and has a third surface, a fourth surface spaced apart from the third surface, and a fifth surface extending between the third and fourth surfaces, wherein the fifth surface is spaced apart from the second surface to define a channel therebetween. The assembly includes a first coating disposed on the third surface and a tape disposed in contact with at least a portion of each of the second surface, the first coating, and the fifth surface to thereby fill at least a portion of the channel. A method of forming the assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An emblem assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle includes a first element configured for attachment to the vehicle and a second element configured for attachment to the first element. The first element has a first surface and a second surface recessed from the first surface. The second element has a third surface, a fourth surface spaced apart from the third surface, and a fifth surface extending between the third and fourth surfaces. The emblem assembly further includes a coating disposed on the third surface, and a molded resin disposed adjacent and in fixed contact with each of the fifth surface and the coating to contiguously encapsulate the coating and at least a portion of the fifth surface, wherein the molded resin is bondable to the first element. A method of forming the emblem assembly is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A tire valve for snap-in mounting in a valve hole in a wheel rim, having a resilient member surrounding and bonded to at least a portion of the valve body, wherein the resilient member is a vulcanized rubber composition comprising ethylene alpha-olefin elastomer, carbon black, high-density inert filler, and an efficient vulcanization cure system.