Abstract: A construction panel includes at least one honeycomb core which is laminated on both flat sides, the honeycomb core consisting of a thermoplastic and the construction panel itself being stress-free owing to stresses running in opposite directions in the laminations.

Abstract: A self supporting panel system used to fabricate ceilings, floors, walls, or roofs. The panel system is assembled from a plurality of panels, each having a core that is sandwiched between opposing plate members. In a preferred embodiment, the core of each panel includes a unifying material to enhance the load bearing capacity of the panel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a porous material containing aggregates; and a composite binding material which binds the aggregates to one another in a state where pores are formed and in which mullite particles that are reinforcing particles are dispersed in cordierite that is a binding material, and a content of metal silicon is smaller than 15 mass %. Preferably, to a total mass of the aggregates, the composite binding material and the metal silicon, a lower limit value of a content of the composite binding material is 12 mass %, and an upper limit value of the content of the composite binding material is 50 mass %. Preferably, to the total mass, a lower limit value of a content of the mullite particles is 0.5 mass %, and an upper limit value of the content of the mullite particles is 15 mass %. A porous material having a high thermal shock resistance is provided.

Abstract: There are disclosed a porous material having a high thermal shock resistance and a honeycomb structure. The porous material contains main aggregates and auxiliary aggregates as aggregates, the main aggregates are silicon carbide particles, the auxiliary aggregates are at least either of mullite particles or alumina particles, the aggregates are bound to one another via a binding phase, so as to form pores, and the binding phase is at least one of an amorphous phase and a cordierite phase, and a porosity is from 40 to 90%. Furthermore, the honeycomb structure is constituted of such a porous material, and includes partition walls defining and forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face.

Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including: a plurality of honeycomb segments each having porous partition walls, and plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of the predetermined cells; joining portions in which the plurality of honeycomb segments are joined; and an outer peripheral wall, and having: an aspect ratio (a long axis/a short axis) of 1.2 or more, wherein corners which are regions of the joining portions in the region of 10 mm or less from each intersection between the joining portion and the outer peripheral wall along a direction of the short axis are present in the region of 25 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the joining portions is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and a thickness of each of the other joining portions is 1.5 mm or less.

Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure in which a ring crack is not easily generated. A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb substrate, and a bulging portion continuously or intermittently surrounding, in a ring shape, at least a part of an outer periphery of the honeycomb substrate. The outer periphery of the honeycomb substrate has one or a plurality of stress relaxing portions which are crevices each having an open end in the surface over a region of ?5 to +10 mm or less from a reference bonded portion to a tapered surface, and a total of lengths of all the stress relaxing portions is 3% or more of a circumferential length of the honeycomb substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and a binder such that a raw material paste containing the titania particles, the alumina particles and the binder is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure, and sintering the body having the honeycomb structure such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure and made of aluminum titanate is formed. The kneading includes combining the binder, a titania powder containing the titania particles and an alumina powder containing the alumina particles, and the titania powder includes magnesium in an amount of 500 ppm or less with respect to the titania powder in a weight ratio based on conversion from MgO.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and a binder such that a raw material paste containing the titania particles, the alumina particles and the binder is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure, and sintering the body having the honeycomb structure such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure and made of aluminum titanate is formed. The kneading includes combining the binder, a titania powder containing the titania particles and an alumina powder containing the alumina particles, and the titania powder includes potassium in an amount of from 100 ppm to 600 ppm with respect to the titania powder in a weight ratio based on conversion from K2O.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and a binder such that a raw material paste containing the titania particles, the alumina particles and the binder is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure, and sintering the body having the honeycomb structure such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure and made of aluminum titanate is formed. The kneading includes combining the binder, a titania powder containing the titania particles and an alumina powder containing the alumina particles, and the titania powder includes sodium in an amount of from 200 ppm to 1,000 ppm with respect to the titania powder in a weight ratio based on conversion from Na2O.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and a binder such that a raw material paste containing the titania particles, the alumina particles and the binder is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure, and sintering the body having the honeycomb structure such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure and made of aluminum titanate is formed. The titania particles are secondary titania particles each comprising primary titania particles aggregated such that the secondary titania particles have a mean volume particle diameter in the range of from 5 ?m to 20 ?m, and the alumina particles have a mean volume particle diameter in the range of from 2 ?m to 5 ?m.

Abstract: A monolithic honeycomb element includes a collection of adjacent ducts of mutually parallel axes separated by walls made of a porous material, the element having, in transverse cross section, a polygonal, notably quadratic cross section delimited by exterior wall elements, wherein at least one corner of the polygon, has, along the bisector of the angle at the corner, an additional thickness, such that the total thickness of the external wall, likewise measured along the bisector of the angle at the corner, is greater than the mean thickness of the exterior walls by a factor of at least 1.43, the additional thickness being obtained at least in part by an additional quantity of porous material on the external face of the corner.

Abstract: There is provided an adhesive film and an organic light emitting display using the same. The adhesive film includes a first protective layer, an adhesive layer and a second protective layer. The adhesive layer is formed on the first protective layer and has a pattern formed in one surface thereof, the pattern including one or more openings shaped and sized to accommodate particulate matter. The second protective layer is formed on the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block. A plurality of honeycomb fired bodies include first-shaped units, second-shaped units, and third-shaped units. The first-shaped units include peripheral first-shaped units. Each of the peripheral first-shaped units is disposed in such a manner as to have two sides. One side of the two sides faces one of adjacent sides of one third-shaped unit among the third-shaped units with an adhesive layer therebetween. Another side of the two sides faces one of adjacent sides of another third-shaped unit among the third-shaped units with the adhesive layer therebetween. The two sides of each of the peripheral first-shaped units or extensions of the two sides are each neither substantially parallel nor substantially perpendicular to an extension of a second side and an extension of a first side of each of the second-shaped units.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat conductive adhesive film includes: forming a non-solid heat conductive adhesive layer with cured particles on a substrate; forming several bumps on the non-solid heat conductive adhesive layer while performing curing, so as to yield the heat conductive adhesive film with several bumps. A heat conductive adhesive film and an OLED panel are provided. Several bumps are formed on a flat surface of the heat conductive adhesive film, thus increasing the surface area of the heat conductive adhesive film such that heat from the heat generating unit can be duly discharged.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes periphery honeycomb fired bodies which include at least a single piece of a periphery small honeycomb fired body having in the cross-section a cross-sectional area which is less than about 60% of a cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. A cross-sectional area of a periphery honeycomb bonded body in the cross-section is about 60% or more of the cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer is provided between the periphery small honeycomb fired body and the at least one piece of the honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer has thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of a first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer has Young's modulus higher than Young's modulus of the first adhesive layer. The center-portion honeycomb fired bodies are bonded together with the first adhesive layer.

Abstract: The thermal insulation panel for buildings is an insulation panel for houses, offices and other edifices, the panel having variable thermal insulation properties that depend upon ambient temperature conditions. The thermal insulation panel for buildings includes a thermally insulating core formed from foam, plastic or the like, and a pair of outer layers that are each formed from a functionally graded material. The thermal insulation core is sandwiched between the pair of outer layers. The functionally graded material may be a laminate in the form of a dense ceramic layer formed of Al2O3 and ZrO2 and a nickel layer, or may be formed from boron nanoribbons or the like.

Abstract: A composite having a core containing a cellular structure, reinforcing fibers, an upper face sheet, and a lower face sheet is provided. The cellular structure is a honeycomb structure containing strips of carrier material arranged in an x direction in an x-y plane, adhered together, and expanded in the x direction after adhesion. The reinforcing fibers are externally bonded onto the outer walls of each of the cells of the cellular structure in a z direction. The upper face sheet and the lower face sheet are configured to be bonded to the upper portion and the lower portion of the reinforcing fibers that extend outwardly from the upper edges and the lower edges of the cells of the cellular structure respectively, thereby establishing a three dimensional continuity of the reinforcing fibers between a surface of contact between the core, the upper face sheet, and the lower face sheet.

Abstract: A sandwich-type, composite component such as a motor vehicle component and unitary structural assembly utilizing same are provided. The component has a sealed, moisture-resistant, A-surface edge. The component includes a first outer layer having an A-surface, a second outer layer having a B-surface and a core positioned between the outer layers. The core has a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. An edge portion of the component is locally crushed by the press molding so that the layers are bonded together to form the sealed, moisture-resistant, A-surface edge.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block including at least one honeycomb fired body. The at least one honeycomb fired body has cell walls and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall is formed around the at least one honeycomb fired body. The peripheral wall of the at least one honeycomb fired body, which forms a periphery of the ceramic block, is a stepped peripheral wall provided with a level difference. The level difference includes a projected portion and a recessed portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb fired body. At least one of the projected portion and the recessed portion is formed by at least one of a curve line and a straight line in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb fired body by being subjected to chamfering.

Abstract: A shock resistant member which is lightweight and has a high degree of freedom in shape, and excellent shock resistance, is provided. A shock resistant member including an open cross-section part and a rib part present in an inside of the open cross-section part, in which at least one of the open cross-section part and the rib part includes a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material including a thermoplastic resin, and the other may include a thermoplastic resin, and in which an amount of the thermoplastic resin present in the shock resistant member is 30 to 500 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of carbon fibers, and an average fiber length of the carbon fibers is 3 to 100 mm.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and binder ingredient such that raw material paste including the titania particles, alumina particles and binder ingredient is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having a honeycomb structure such that the body has the honeycomb structure having through-holes extending in the longitudinal direction of the body and partition portions between the through-holes, positioning the body on a base such that one end surface of the body in the longitudinal direction faces the base and a space is formed between the base and the end surface of the body, and sintering under oxygen atmosphere the body on the base with the space between the base and the body such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure is formed on the base.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and binder ingredient such that raw material paste including the titania particles, alumina particles and binder ingredient is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having a honeycomb structure such that the body has the honeycomb structure having through-holes extending in the longitudinal direction of the body and partition portions between the through-holes, positioning on a base having zirconia granules the body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure such that the zirconia are interposed between the body and the base, and sintering the body made of the raw material paste and having the honeycomb structure on the base with the zirconia granules interposed between the body and the base such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure is formed on the base with the zirconia granules.

Abstract: A silicon carbide ceramic is provided which has a small amount of resistivity change due to changes in temperature and which is capable of generating heat by current application. The silicon carbide ceramic contains silicon carbide crystals having 0.1 to 25 mass % of 4H—SiC silicon carbide crystals and 50 to 99.9 mass % of 6H—SiC silicon carbide crystals, preferably having a nitrogen content of 0.01 mass % or less, more preferably containing two or more kinds of silicon carbide particles containing silicon carbide crystals and silicon for binding the silicon carbide particles to each other and having a silicon content of from 10 to 40 mass %.

Abstract: A sandwich-type, generally planar, structural member having an attachment feature and an assembly utilizing same are provided. The member includes a first outer layer having an outer surface, a second outer layer and a core positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. A portion of the member is locally crushed by the press molding to form a depression. The depression has bottom and side surfaces formed by the first outer layer. The member further includes a connector fixedly secured to the bottom surface of the depression to attach a second generally planar member to the first outer layer of the structural member.

Abstract: A multilayer structure (4) of the present invention includes a hollow plate-like body (1) made of a thermoplastic resin, and a fiber sheet (2) and a thermoplastic resin film (3) that are laminated on at least one principal surface of the hollow plate-like body. Even if this multilayer structure (4) is curved, raised wrinkles (6) are not formed or not likely to be formed on the inner surface due to buckling or bending, so that the strength is not likely to be reduced. Thus, the multilayer structure can satisfy both flexural rigidity and flexural strength while maintaining the light weight. The fiber sheet (2) is preferably a multiaxial fiber sheet and/or a woven fabric. The lamination is preferably thermal lamination using an adhesive film interposed between the layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a panel comprising two parallel skin plates made of wood or a wood material, between which ribs extend for stiffening the panel, wherein the ribs are at least substantially made of wood or a wood material. The present invention further relates to the use of such a panel as a scaffolding board or a construction element and to scaffolding provided with such panels.

Abstract: A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed for reinforcing various structures with only partially accessible circumference, such as columns closely adjacent to or protruding out of a wall or beams holding a ceiling. Some of these structures may be partly or completely submerged in water, such as retaining walls on the sides of rivers and water-ways. In some embodiments a prefabricated shell will fully or partly cover the exposed and reachable part of the structure and will be secured in place by various means. The shell may hug the structure tightly or loosely and the space between the shell and the structure may be filled with such curable materials as glue, epoxy, grout, concrete and the like. In various embodiments additional reinforcement such as rebar may be placed in the space between the shell and the structure.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb block including at least one honeycomb fired body. The at least one honeycomb fired body has cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the at least one honeycomb fired body to define cells. The cells include peripheral cells in contact with peripheral walls of the at least one honeycomb fired body and basic cells positioned to be surrounded by the peripheral cells. The peripheral cells include an irregular cell having a cell cross-sectional area larger than a cell cross-sectional area of one of the basic cells.

Abstract: A carpeted, vehicle load floor including a pivotable, carpeted cover segmented into articulated sectional members is provided. The load floor includes a compression-molded composite panel and the segmented cover to removably cover a storage area in the interior of the vehicle. The cover is segmented into articulated, planar sectional members to allow desired cover positioning over the storage area. The members are pivotally connected to one another for folding one over the other. The load floor also includes a substantially continuous carpet layer bonded to a top support surface of the panel and top support surfaces of each of the members. A first living hinge allows the carpeted cover to pivot between different use positions and a second living hinge allows the members to easily pivot and fold one over the other in a compact, folded, open position of the cover.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising a ceramic honeycomb body having large numbers of longitudinal cells partitioned by porous cell walls having porosity of 50% or more, and a peripheral wall formed on a peripheral surface of the ceramic honeycomb body, comprising the steps of extruding moldable ceramic material to form a honeycomb-structured ceramic green body; machining a peripheral portion of the green body or a sintered body obtained from the green body to remove part of cell walls in the peripheral portion to obtain a ceramic honeycomb body having longitudinal grooves on a peripheral surface; applying colloidal metal oxide to a peripheral surface of the ceramic honeycomb body and drying it, and then applying a coating material comprising ceramic aggregate having an average particle size of 1 ?m or more to form the peripheral wall.

Abstract: A honeycomb composite plate of plastic foam comprises at least a support body and a plastic surface sheet. The support body comprises at least a support core, which has a honeycomb structure and is formed of plastic foam. The plastic surface sheet is fixed to the support body and supported by it. Further, the support core and the plastic surface sheet are fixed together.

Abstract: In each honeycomb segment, a first and a second end surfaces are rectangular shapes having the same dimension, and are in a positional relation in which extending directions of long sides of the respective end surfaces are perpendicular to each other, and (X?Y)/2 is from 0.2 to 7 mm, where X is a length of each long side of each of the first and the second end surfaces, and Y is a length of each short side of each of the first and the second end surfaces. The honeycomb segment has two pairs of tapered side surfaces each of which including two side surfaces facing each other so that a distance between side surfaces becomes narrow from the first end surface toward the second end surface end, respectively.

Abstract: There is disclosed a honeycomb structure constituted by honeycomb segments, where a honeycomb segment 2 has a first end and second end surfaces of a quadrangular shape; the second end surface having an area larger than that of the first one, a first pair of two side surfaces facing each other in parallel, and a second pair of two side surfaces facing each other make side surfaces become gradually narrow from the second end surface toward the first end surface, where a plurality of honeycomb segments are disposed in such a manner that the honeycomb segments are aligned to form rows in parallel in a predetermined direction, so as to make adjacent honeycomb segments directed opposite to each other in first end surfaces bonded to each other with one of side surfaces of the second pair of side surfaces.

Abstract: A stiffened structure includes stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) and nodes (12) at which three stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) of different directions intersect, with the surfaces of the stiffeners (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) being arranged in planes that are perpendicular to the same plane, whereby the stiffened structure includes at least one opening (26) and is characterized in that the opening (26) is surrounded by a hexagonal belt, formed by peripheral stiffeners (40).

Abstract: The present disclosure describes use of filamentous algae to form insulating construction materials which provide thermal and noise insulation. Algae from the order Zygnematales, the Cladophorales, or the Ulotrichales can be dried and formed for use as insulating material. Algae mass can be combined into several layers, using a binder to attach the layers to each other. A composite material of algae mass and an additive can be used and form the body of insulation panels having honeycomb-shaped chambers, which are sealed by a foil that is laminated onto the body.

Abstract: A micro-truss sheet having material properties varying across the sheet. The sheet may include a plurality of truss members intersecting at nodes. The diameter of the truss members at one point in the sheet may differ from the diameter of the truss members at another point in the sheet. In one embodiment the spacing between adjacent truss members may be different in one part of the sheet from the spacing between adjacent truss members in another part of the sheet.

Abstract: Provided herein are catalytic articles and methods of making same using a single coat process. The catalytic article comprises an elongated substrate monolith having a plurality of longitudinally extending passages, each passage having at least a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first and second surfaces coated with at least a first coating and a second coating, wherein the first coating comprises a first catalyst composition and overlies the second coating on the first surface, the second coating comprises a second catalyst composition and overlies the first coating on the second surface, and wherein the first catalyst composition and second catalyst composition have a difference in surface charge. The washcoat may be applied as one slurry, which then self-segregates into two coatings.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to treat a dried unfired article comprising a ceramic precursor composition substantially held together by a binder, to be resistant to binder soluble solvent based processing. The method includes depositing a fluid on the article surface, and polymerizing the deposited fluid to form a polymer thin layer on the surface. The fluid may be an aerosol, a vapor, a fog, a mist, a smoke, or combinations thereof. An apparatus to perform the method and an article resistant to binder soluble solvent based processing are also provided. The article can be an unfired honeycomb body that includes a dried composition of ceramic precursor substantially held together by a binder and a layer disposed on a surface of the unfired honeycomb body. The surface to be exposed in the green state to a binder soluble solvent and the layer protects the binder from solubilization by the solvent.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body constituted of a first region which is an inside region and a second region which is an outside region surrounding a periphery of the first region. An open area ratio in the first region is 83% or more and a porosity of partition walls is from 20 to 60%. A thickness t1 of the partition walls constituting the first region is 0.11 mm or less, a thickness t2 of the partition walls constituting the second region is larger than the thickness t1 of the partition walls, a ratio (t3/t1) between a thickness t3 of the partition walls forming first complete cells from the outermost periphery of the honeycomb structure body toward a center thereof in the second region and the thickness t1 of the partition walls is from 1.2 to 1.4, and a partition wall strength index A is 4.0 or more.

Abstract: Composite materials with high damping and high stiffness at relatively low density. These materials include three-dimensional structures of interconnected ligaments, which have multiple concentric layers alternating between stiff constraining layers and soft damping layers, so that bulk deformation of the structure results in high local shear strain and correspondingly high bulk damping.

Abstract: A sandwich-type composite component having imprinted 3-D structures which provide at least one pattern at an outer surface of the component is provided. The component includes a first outer layer having an outer surface, a second outer layer and a core positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. The first outer layer comprises an integral, unitary structure including 3-D structures imprinted by the press molding. The 3-D structures are sized, shaped and arranged in one or more patterns at the outer surface. The one or more patterns may form a textural surface finish, a logo or indicia such as instructions at the outer surface. The component may be a vehicle interior component such as a vehicle load floor component.

Abstract: A three-dimensional part printed using an additive manufacturing technique, which includes sets of printed cell layers, each defining an array of hollow cells with wall segments, and sets of printed transition layers, each being disposed between adjacent printed cell layers, where the sets of printed transition layers each comprise sloped walls that diverge from a first portion of the wall segments and that converge towards a second portion of the wall segments to interconnect the hollow cells of adjacent printed cell layers, and where the sloped walls of adjacent printed transition layers have printing orientations that are rotated from each other in a build plane.

Abstract: An emissions-control catalyst brick includes a plurality of formed metal ribbons that together define a repeating pattern of open cells. The ribbons are joined together in layers with the open cells of each layer offset from those of the adjacent layer. A catalyst wash coat is applied to the plurality of metal ribbons.

Abstract: A three-dimensional lattice architecture with a thickness hierarchy includes a first surface and a second surface separated from each other with a distance therebetween defining a thickness of the three-dimensional lattice architecture; a plurality of angled struts extending along a plurality of directions between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of nodes connecting the plurality of angled struts with one another forming a plurality of unit cells. At least a portion of the plurality of angled struts are internally terminated along the thickness direction of the lattice structure and providing a plurality of internal degrees of freedom towards the first or second surface of the lattice architecture.

Abstract: A three-dimensional thin film solar cell (3-D TFSC) substrate having enhanced mechanical strength, light trapping, and metal modulation coverage properties. The substrate includes a plurality of unit cells, which may or may not be different. Unit cells are defined as a small self-contained geometrical pattern which may be repeated. Each unit cell structure includes a wall enclosing a trench. Further, the unit cell includes an aperture having an aperture diameter. A pre-determined variation in wall thickness, wall height, and aperture diameter among unit cells across the substrate produces specific advantages.

Abstract: A heat-resistant protective layer having heat resistance than a catalyst layer and permeability which allows an exhaust gas to be supplied to the catalyst layer is formed on a surface of the catalyst layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material honeycomb, including: a plurality of inner tubes, each of which is made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material; and an outer shell which is made of a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material and which surrounds the plurality of inner tubes.

Abstract: A composite sheet and a method of making a composite sheet. A core having end walls is provided. Continuous fibers or a continuous fiber mat is secured to the core such that the continuous fibers align with the end walls of the core.

Abstract: Multi-layered cellular metallic glass structures and methods of preparing the same are provided. In one embodiment, the cellular metallic glass structure includes at least one patterned metallic glass sheet and at least one additional sheet. The at least one patterned metallic glass sheet may include multiple sheets connected together to form a group of sheets, and the structure may include a group of sheets sandwiched between two outer sheets. The patterned metallic glass sheets may be patterned by thermoplastically forming two- and/or three-dimensional patterns in the metallic glass sheets.

Abstract: A system including a panel assembly having a container and a compression-molded, composite cover for covering the container is provided. The system may be a flooring system such as a vehicle flooring system and the assembly may be a floor panel assembly. The assembly includes at least one load-bearing component positioned between a lower outer layer of the cover and a bottom wall of the container in a closed position of the cover. Each component is bonded or joined to the outer layer and is in abutting engagement with the bottom wall in the closed position of the cover to transfer a load appearing at an outer surface of an upper outer layer of the cover to the bottom wall of the container. The system also includes a structure such as floor having a cavity for receiving the panel assembly.