Abstract: A method is disclosed utilizing off the shelf constant cross section thickness sandwich panels comprised of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (FRTP) resin skins and low density thermoplastic (TP) core material wherein the steps of selectively and controllably exposing the panels to heat and incrementally thermoforming the skin-core into a consolidated composite edge or intra-panel area in consideration of subsequent mating and attachment of the FRTP sandwich panel to other structures is achieved. The exact configuration of articles so thermoformed is design optimized to overcome manufacturing, assembly, weight, in-service and structural performance shortcomings of prior art and FRP sandwich panel structures.

Abstract: “The present invention relates to a novel PVC resin composition, produced such that the numerical ration of the renewable carbon in the composition relative to the total carbon in the composition is greater than or equal to 30%. Said composition can be used in the manufacture of automobile interior parts and thus meets all the necessary requirements for this use.

Abstract: A parallelepiped structure (10) comprises interleaved panels (12), each panel being moulded from concrete and being rectangular in plan and comprising a plurality of slots (22) along their top edges (16). The panels can be interleaved in order to provide the structure (10). Tongues (13) between adjacent slots (22) are supported on both sides against movement perpendicular to the plane of the panel (12) by ridges (24a,b) on the supporting panel, and so that the weakness inevitably constituted by them is mitigated. The structure (10) is suitable to accept vehicular loading, while the panels that make it up are still individually light enough to be manipulated by hand. The panels are moulded in moulds assembled from blow-or vacuum-moulded sheets placed together in a sandwich.

Abstract: Curable epoxy resin composition, which is suitable for the production of electrical insulation systems for low, medium and high voltage applications, including at least an epoxy resin, a hardener, a mineral filler material, and optionally further additives, wherein (i) the epoxy resin component is a diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA); (ii) the hardener includes methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) and polypropylene glycol (PPG), wherein (iii) the average molecular weight of the polypropylene glycol (PPG) is within the range of about 300 to about 510 Dalton; and (iv) the molar ratio of methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) to polypropylene glycol (PPG) is within the range of about 9:1 to 19:1. A method of making the epoxy resin composition and electrical articles made therefrom are also provided.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant container with tamper-evident features which includes a cover portion defining a peripheral flange, a base portion defining an upper peripheral edge, and a hinge joining the cover portion with the base portion. The upper peripheral edge includes an upwardly projecting bead extending substantially about the perimeter of the base portion that is configured to render the peripheral flange of the cover portion relatively inaccessible when the container is closed. The hinge includes a frangible portion for facilitating the removal of the cover portion from the base portion to open the container.

Abstract: Joining arrangement for the lateral boxes (11, 11?) of a horizontal tail stabiliser with a central tubular box and manufacturing method for said box. The boxes (11, 11?) are joined using an intermediate joining part (31) that comprises a central box (33, 63, 73), upper (35, 35?) and lower (37, 37?) lateral flaps, fitting plates (A) for the trimming device and fitting plates (B) for the pivoting device, the join being made with rivets between the skins (15, 15?; 17, 17?) of the lateral boxes (11, 11?) and said flaps (35; 35?; 37; 37?). The method for manufacturing the intermediate joining part (31) comprises steps to: a) Provide preforms suitable for forming said part (31); b) Form and cure the part (31) made from said preforms using an RTM method.

Abstract: A skin material (5) including an impregnable fiber layer is overlapped and bonded onto a top surface of a base material (3) including a base material cleavage groove (13) having a predetermined depth from a rear surface of the base material (5) toward the top surface thereof. A skin cleavage groove (11) having a predetermined depth and corresponding to the base material cleavage groove (11) of the base material (3) is provided on a rear surface side of the skin material (5), the rear surface side being a bonding surface side to be overlapped and bonded onto the base material (3). Meanwhile, to facilitate cleavage, the skin cleavage groove (11) is provided inside a region of a hardened layer subjected to a hardening process by using a hardening agent.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing decorative plastic composites having a decorative layer, a backing layer and a clear outer layer which provides exceptional “depth of image” is disclosed. Decorative or protective appliqués' having a wide range of decorative patterns may be formed by injection molding a backing layer behind and a clear outer layer on the top surface of a thin foil, film, fabric or veneer. A method is also disclosed for coating the exposed surface of the decorative layer between injection of the backing and outer layers to impart a desired visual effect or repair the surface. Use of multiple layers of decorative film, clear plastic and colored/opaque plastic is also disclosed to provide distinguishing visual effects.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light guide plate containing a plurality of light-guiding micro structures comprises the steps of: preparing a mold that has a concave hole formed by a plurality of light-guiding micro structures; pouring a mixture of ultraviolet curable resins and glass microbeads into the mold; attaching a carrier onto the mixture; using a rolling tool to roll the surface of the carrier, such that the mold is filled up with the mixture uniformly, while the air among the mold, the carrier and the mixture is discharged; and finally projecting the ultraviolet light onto the ultraviolet curable resin, such that the ultraviolet curable resin can be cured at the carrier and removed from the mold, so as to form a light guide plate having a plurality of light-guiding micro structures.

Abstract: An implantable electrode array (30) that can adopt a first configuration selected to allow the array (30) to be inserted into a cochlea (12) of an implantee and at least a second configuration in which the array can apply tissue stimulation. The array (30) comprises an elongate carrier (31) having a proximal end (37), a distal end (34), and an inner surface (35) conformable with the inner wall of the implantee's cochlea (12). A plurality of electrodes (36) are supported within the carrier (31) at respective spaced locations thereon in a region between the proximal end (37) and the distal end (34) with at least one of the electrodes having a surface that is at least adjacent the inner surface (35) of the carrier (31). The carrier (31) is formed in the second configuration from a first layer (32) and at least a second layer (32) of resiliently flexible material. A method of forming an array (30) is also described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a container including introducing an indicia material into an injection stream between an inner layer and an outer layer to form a preform. The method further includes shaping the preform into a container such that the container defines visual patterning along at least a portion thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to manufacture composite material parts comprising a supporting mandrel having at least one compacting zone configured to contain at least one composite material element to be compacted by applying a certain degree of vacuum. The system comprises also at least one compacting equipment comprising a frame having a plurality of interconnected arms along a predetermined perimeter, at least one vacuum bag attached to a side of the frame along its perimeter and configured to compact the element, at least one porous material attached to the vacuum bag along the frame's perimeter and configured to adhere in a removable way to the compacting zone and to impede the air influx during the compacting of element. The invention also relates to a compacting equipment and to a method to manufacture composite material parts.

Abstract: A dose of multilayer synthetic resin for the realization of multilayer objects by compression molding, said dose having an axis of symmetry and comprising a first synthetic resin (2) and at least one fine functional layer (3) of synthetic resin forming the outer shell of a body of revolution defined about said axis of symmetry, said body of revolution comprising two ends disposed in a direction parallel to the axis of symmetry, said dose being characterized in that the functional layer (3) is imprisoned in said first synthetic resin (2), totally or in such a way that no more than a single one of said ends is not imprisoned in said first resin (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge housing for forming a cartridge capable of measuring an analyte or property of a liquid sample. The housing comprising a first substantially rigid zone, a second substantially flexible zone, a hinge region, and at least one sensor recess containing a sensor. The housing is foldable about said hinge region to form a cartridge having a conduit over at least a portion of said sensor. The invention also relates to methods for forming such cartridges and to various features of such cartridges.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes: a piezoelectric transducer (1) emitting ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer (4) provided in contact with a back side of the piezoelectric transducer (1) and attenuating ultrasonic waves that are emitted toward the back side of the piezoelectric transducer (1) and have an opposite phase to the phase of ultrasonic waves emitted toward a front side of the piezoelectric transducer (1). The acoustic tubes (5) are disposed in the backing layer (4) such that a longitudinal direction of each acoustic tube (5) is in line with a traveling direction of the ultrasonic waves emitted by the piezoelectric transducer (1) toward the front and the back side. The acoustic tubes (5) have mutually different lengths on the basis of a principle of an acoustic wave synthesis, and attenuate in whole or in part the ultrasonic waves emitted by the piezoelectric transducer (1) toward the backing layer (4).

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for surface modification of catheters. The surface modification can be localized to a lumen surface of the catheter. The surface modification to the lumen surface extends radially into the catheter body a predetermined distance to provide a hardened zone having a hardness that is greater than a hardness of an exterior surface of the catheter body.

Abstract: A method of making a thin-type keycap structure including performing a compression molding on a plastic film and a resin together with a mold including a top mold and a bottom mold to form a compression-molded laminate, in which a first surface of the plastic film faces the bottom mold, the resin faces the top mold, the compression-molded laminate includes a plastic film surface and a resin surface, the plastic film surface includes a plurality of bulged portions corresponding to the first recessions of the surface of the bottom mold, and the bulged portions each include a portion of the plastic film and a portion of the resin.

Abstract: A multilayer dose having an axis of symmetry for the realization of multilayer objects by compression molding, including a first synthetic resin and a fine functional layer imprisoned in the first resin, the fine functional layer representing less than 20% of the volume of the dose, and wherein the fine functional layer forms the shell of a body of revolution about the axis of symmetry and the distance from the layer to the axis of symmetry is variable.

Abstract: A housing includes an antenna module having a carrier and a main body. The antenna module includes a first carrier portion, a second carrier portion attached to the first carrier portion, and an antenna coating the second carrier portion. The main body is molded to the antenna module and partially covering the antenna, such that the antenna is partially exposed from the main body to form a terminal. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the housing.

Abstract: A method of producing a composite part formed of a thermoplastic matrix reinforced with long glass fibers is provided. The method includes supplying a thermoplastic resin and high density glass granules to an injection or injection-compression device containing a single screw. The high density glass granules include long chopped strands formed of glass filaments sized with a sizing composition. The chopped glass strands may have a length from 6 to 30 mm. In addition, the glass granules may have a glass density between 90 and 99.5% and may have a length to diameter ratio (L/D) ratio of less than L, which is expressed in mm. A composite part obtained using the disclosed method is also provided.

Abstract: A method for compression molding of poly(arylene ether) powder comprises introducing a powder comprising unheated poly(arylene ether) powder to compaction equipment comprising a compression mold and subjecting the powder in the compression mold to a pressure sufficient to produce an article having a density greater than the unheated poly(arylene ether) powder wherein the pressure is applied at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the poly(arylene ether) powder.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat radiation substrate having a metal core, including injection-molding mixed powder of carbon nanotubes and metal in a die to fabricate a metal core having through holes; molding the entire metal core including the through holes with an insulating resin to fabricate a metal core substrate; processing the insulating resin provided in the through holes to form connection holes; and forming a circuit pattern on the metal core substrate in which the connection holes are formed.

Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow molded bottle characterized in that vertical connecting zones having no intermediate layer and having substrate layers welded directly with each other are formed in parallel in a circumferential direction and in a plural number along an axial direction of the bottle and are disposed on both right and left sides of each intermediate layer segment to be formed in this height range, and that horizontal connecting zones having no intermediate layer and having substrate layers welded directly with each other are also formed in parallel in an axial direction and in a plural number along a circumferential direction of the bottle and are disposed on both upper and lower sides of each intermediate layer segment to be formed, thus allowing the intermediate layer to be segmentalized in the circumferential and axial directions by both the vertical and horizontal connecting zones.

Abstract: An aircraft trim panel structure includes a thermoplastic resinated quadraxial fiberglass lay-up prepreg first open structure skin layer having at least a 28% open area. A thermoplastic resinated quadraxial fiberglass lay-up prepreg second open structure skin layer has at least a 28% open area. An open structure core layer having at least a 28% open area is sandwiched between the first open structure skin layer and the second open structure skin layer. The first open structure skin layer, the second open structure skin layer and the open structure core layer are formed into a three dimensional shape corresponding to the aircraft trim panel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing a transparent or opaque flooring sheet or a flooring using a styrene-butadiene copolymer resin (as a thermoplastic elastomer) by calendering. The flooring causes no problems associated with environmental hormones, and generates no halogen gases or endocrine disruptors, such as dioxin, during incineration. Further, the flooring can be regenerated and reused at any time, and exhibits superior stability upon installation and mounting and excellent elastic restoration after application of stress due to inherent flexibility of rubber.

Abstract: A method that comprises the use of materials selected from amongst aggregates, aromatic plants, vegetal organic matter, plant earth, beach sand, marine salt, and combinations thereof, that are then mixed with vegetal agglutinant agents and the resulting mixture poured inside molds that are subjected to a pressure treatment and then, once they have had time to dry, to a heat application which purpose is to consolidate the urn (1). In addition, the method comprises incorporating a coating (7) selected from amongst aromatic plants, a layer of dyes, sheets of precious metals and combinations of these elements. Because the urn is of a biodegradable nature, it does not have a harmful effect of the environment when it is disposed of as waste.

Abstract: A separator is provided, such as for dividing an outer wet area from an inner dry area between sheet metal of a vehicle door and the door lining. The separator includes a composite of a separating film and an absorbent nonwoven material. The latter material comprises a base web of plastic fibers.

Abstract: Roofing composites and methods of producing the roofing composites are disclosed. The roofing composites are multi-layer structures in which two layers of the composite structures are bonded to each other by a thermoplastic elastomer composition. The layers are bonded to each other by heat fusing the elastomer composition in one embodiment. The composite structures have a variety of uses, including uses in construction materials such a roofing membranes, interior and exterior siding, and wall coverings.

Abstract: A thin image display device having a resin interposed between an image display unit and a protection member having a light-shielding member is manufactured. In the manufactured image display device, display defects caused by the deformation of the image display unit do not occur, and high-brightness and high-contrast display can be achieved. In addition, the resin in the area where the light-shielding member is formed can be sufficiently cured. The method for manufacturing an image display device includes the step of forming a cured resin layer by interposing a photo-curable resin composition between a base including the image display unit and a light-transmitting protection member including a light-shielding member and then photo-curing the photo-curable resin composition. In this method, a resin composition having a curing shrinkage ratio of 5% or less, yielding a cured product having a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of 1.

Abstract: A dose, having an axis of symmetry, for the realization of multilayer objects by compression molding, comprising a first synthetic resin and at least one fine layer of functional resin imprisoned at least largely in the resin wherein a part of its surface is concave.

Abstract: A method of making an insulating translucent panel assembly such as a window or door lite is provided. In the method, a spacer between two translucent panels of glass or plastic includes a thermo-responsive sealing material. When heat and compression are applied to the spacer, the thermo-responsive sealing material softens and fully seals the spacer to the two translucent panels. A spacer designed to be used in this method is also provided.

Abstract: A fuel cell manufacturing method is provided by which an unbroken strip of sheet material is sent through a molding process, an MEA assembly process and a modularization process, and is separated into individual modules in a batch process. In the molding process, separators are sequentially molded on the strip of sheet material, and a separator strip is produced in which the separators are connected together by runners. In the MEA assembly process and the modularization process, MEAs are sequentially assembled on the separator strip in which a series of the separators are connected together by the runners, and a module strip is produced in which a series of the modules are connected together by the runners. In the batch process, the series of modules is separated into the individual modules by cutting and removing the runners from the module strip.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display device includes the step of forming a cured resin layer 15 by interposing a photo-curable resin composition between a base 2 including an image display unit such as a liquid crystal display panel 8 and a light-transmitting protection member 3 including a light-shielding member 5 and then photo-curing the photo-curable resin composition. In this method, a resin composition having a curing shrinkage ratio of 5% or less, yielding a cured product having a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of 1.0×107 Pa or less, and forming the cured resin layer having a light transmittance of 90% or more in the visible range is used as the photo-curable resin composition.

Abstract: A multicolor molding article is integrally formed of first and second molding materials in combination. At least part of the peripheral portion in the boundary between a first molding part of the first molding material and a second molding part of the second molding material is formed with a thin projected piece. The tapering inclined angle of the thin projected piece is specified to range from 5° to 40°.

Abstract: The invention is directed to effective means for joining materials having dissimilar coefficients of thermal expansion, such as advanced ceramics with metallic compounds. Moreover, the present invention relates to furnace tubes and methods of fabricating a joint between two different materials, which is compositionally graded to provide a substantially graded coefficient of thermal expansion between the joint materials.

Abstract: A pick for playing a stringed instrument comprises a main body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a front surface and a back surface, and a peripheral edge adjoining the front surface and the back surface. The second portion has a front surface and a back surface, and a peripheral edge adjoining the front surface and the back surface. The first portion and the second portion are secured together one to the other at the back surface of each, thereby forming an interface between the first portion and the second portion. The front surface of each of the first portion and the second portion is outwardly facing.

Abstract: An accumulator comprises at least one galvanic cell and a receiving device for supporting the galvanic cell(s) of the accumulator. The receiving device comprises at least one protecting wall for receiving energy by means of elastic and/or plastic deformation. The protecting wall encases the at least one galvanic cell at least partially and has a thickness which is at least partially less than about 1/10 of the characteristic edge length of the at least one galvanic cell. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: The invention relates to a press for pressing glue-coated wood chips for forming a beam having at least one substantially U-shaped cross-sectional portion. The press comprises a master tool (6), in which an elongate groove with parallel side surfaces is provided, and an elongate forming tool (7) which is vertically displaceable in the groove of the master tool. The side surface of the forming tool (7) and the groove (9) are located at a distance from another for forming a gap (10) between them and comprise each at least one carrier surface (11, 12) which is oriented in the pressing direction of the forming tool, a forming insert (13) which during pressing of the glue-coated wood chips, will move with the carrier surface (11) of the forming tool and contribute to pressing together the wood chips. During retraction of the forming tool, the forming inserts will be obstructed by the carrier surface (12) of the master tool, thereby disengaging the beam from the forming tool.

Abstract: A lower punch is arranged to be inserted into a cavity of a die from a lower side of the die. A upper punch is arranged to be inserted into the cavity from an upper side of the die to compact the powder filled in the cavity, in cooperation with the lower punch. A feeder supplies the powder into the cavity. A first cam driving system has a first cam for vertically moving the die relative to the lower punch. A second cam driving system has a second cam for vertically moving the upper punch. A third cam driving system has a third cam for moving the feeder forward or backward relative to the cavity. A contact member is connected to the first cam driving system. A stopper is located above or below the contact member and regulates relative vertical movement of the die with respect to the lower punch, in cooperation with the contact member. A fourth cam driving system has a fourth cam for vertically moving the stopper. The first cam, the second cam, the third cam, and the fourth cam are rotated in synchronism.

Abstract: Escape route marking for an aircraft comprising photoluminescent pigments in a carrier material, which luminesce in the dark, the carrier material comprising silicone and the photoluminescent pigments having a mean particle size of less than 150 ?m.

Abstract: An in mold decoration process includes inserting a film with decorations into a first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then engaged with a first mold tool core side, and the film in the first mold tool cavity side undergoes a high-pressure heat forming procedure. After the forming procedure, the film is formed with a cavity and maintained in the first mold tool cavity side. The first mold tool cavity side is then disengaged from the first mold tool core side and engaged with a second mold tool core side, and the film undergoes an injection molding procedure. The cavity is injected with a molten resin. After the molding procedure, the molten resin becomes a plastic component bound to the film to form a semi-finished product. The semi-finished product is then ejected out of the first mold tool cavity side and trimmed to form a finished product.

Abstract: A porous silicon implant impregnated with a beneficial substance, such as a micromineral required for healthy physiology, is implanted subcutaneously and is entirely corroded away over the following months/year to release the micromineral in a controlled manner. In a second embodiment the implant may have a large number of holes which contain beneficial substance and which are closed by bio-errordable doors of different thickness so as to stagger the release of the beneficial substance over time as the doors are breached.

Abstract: Displacers are used in production of concrete surfaces. The displacers are embodied, for example, as plastic balls or plastic shells and are locked in lattices that are open on one side, preferably downwardly. The modules can then be pressed into a first or second concrete layer that can already contain a first reinforcement mesh. The thus produced semi-finished product can then be covered with a concrete mass during the subsequent finishing process.

Abstract: A ceramic formed piece with porous surface and a method for the production of same.

Abstract: A bottle assembly including a body portion having a dividing wall, a first chamber for holding a first liquid and a second chamber for holding a second liquid. The base portion of the bottle assembly includes a weight distribution mechanism for counterbalancing the first liquid against the second liquid. The weight distribution mechanism is a flexible member positioned between a first base portion of the first chamber and a second base portion of the second chamber, the flexible member slidingly engaging an inner surface of the base portion of the bottle assembly. When the first liquid is reduced, the first base portion of the first chamber is displaced in a first direction and the second base portion of the second chamber is displaced in a second direction, the first direction being opposite the second direction.

Abstract: The invention described herein provides an embedded wireless device such as a RFID tag molded into separate housing formed of any thermoplastic material compatible to that of the plastic material as the device to which the housing is to be attached. Subsequently, the housed tag assembly can be thermally bonded onto the device through many means which are well known and accepted in the industry.

Abstract: A method, machine and blade of a wind-turbine are disclosed. At least a component of a blade includes at least one layer of a composite structure. The layer is built up by a number of unconnected single roving-bundles, which are aligned unidirectional and which shows a common direction. The roving-bundles are laid down automatically into a fanning tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to heat resistant overmolded composite structures comprising a first component comprising a fibrous material, a matrix resin composition and a surface resin compositions, said compositions comprising one or more polyamide resins and one or more polyhydric alcohols and a second component comprising an overmolding resin composition.

Abstract: A light wood-containing material having an average density in the range from 200 to 600 kg/m3, comprising, based in each case on the wood-containing material: A) from 30 to 95% by weight of wood particles; B) from 1 to 15% by weight of a filler having a bulk density in the range from 10 to 100 kg/m3, selected from the group consisting of foamable plastic particles and already foamed plastic particles; C) from 3 to 50% by weight of a binder comprising an aminoplast resin and an organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups and, if appropriate, D) additives.

Abstract: An injection molding method of producing a honeycomb body involves introducing an injection moldable polymer into a mold having a two-dimensional array of parallel pins separated from each other in a manner forming inter-cell reinforcement volumes between honeycomb cells being molded for strengthening the honeycomb. The pins can be cylindrical or have hexagonal shapes, trapezoidal shapes, and diamond shapes. Reinforcement fibers can be introduced into the polymer for even further strengthening the honeycomb body. Foaming agents can be added to the molten polymer with or without the fibers to decrease the density of the honeycomb and reduce heat transfer through the honeycomb for saving energy. Roughening, or producing textured surfaces of the honeycomb product can reduce glare due to sunshine that is detrimental should the honeycomb be used in the construction of buildings and the like. Foaming agents introduced into the polymer during molding can also produce such textured surfaces.