Abstract: A method of repairing a component removes a prior coating from an underlying metal substrate. Small cooling air holes extend through the substrate and the coating that is to be removed. A new coating layer is placed on the metal substrate, and over the existing cooling air holes. The location of the cooling air holes is identified by inspecting the coated component for the location of indicators of the coating passing over the cooling air holes. The identified location of the indicators is used to control a cutting tool to remove any new coating from the cooling air holes. The basic method may also benefit new manufacture.

Abstract: A damage resistant High Strength, Impact Resistant, Elastic Composite Laminate primary (singular) structure with optionally having first (4) and second (4) outer face layers, having first (2) and second (2) inner reinforced plies being located between the first and second outer layers, and (1) a dissipating element located between the first and second reinforced plies, wherein the dissipating element is adapted to dissipate and redirect, randomly directed active loading applied to at least one of the two outer surface, to tensile loading being directed along the respective longitudinal axis of the inner reinforced ply; and a matrix (3) between (2) and (4).

Abstract: The present invention follows from a number of recent discoveries relating to cellulose fibrils and crystals. Unique properties of these compositions provide for novel structural materials that exhibit extremely high strength per unit of mass. Structures and articles first taught herein may be formed by computer numerically controlled processing, extruding, molding, shearing, weaving, and various additive manufacturing techniques, as well as by other more traditional procedures. These structures and articles may be used as a skin or core in composite constructions. These structures and articles can be used as free standing shells or panels. They may be made into intricate forms, particularly in three spatial dimensions with sonic elements in tension and some elements in compression to realize high performance functionalities. Cellulose matter is a dominate part of these compositions, making the articles fully biodegradable.

Abstract: High-voltage insulation systems are simplified and can have a thinner design by the use of an electrically conductive PTFE fabric, wherein the thermal conductivity is also improved.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for the processing of orifices in materials by laser filamentation that utilizes an optical configuration that focuses the incident laser light beam in a distributed manner along the longitudinal beam axis. This distributed focusing method enables the formation of filaments over distances, and the laser and focusing parameters are adjusted to determine the filament propagation and termination points so as to develop a single/double end stopped orifice, or a through orifice. Selected transparent substrates from a stacked or nested configuration may have orifices formed therein/therethrough without affecting the adjacent substrate. These distributed focusing methods support the formation filaments with lengths well beyond ten millimeters in borosilicate glass and similar brittle materials and semiconductors.

Abstract: Provided are an electron beam curable resin composition including polymethylpentene, and a crosslinking agent, in which the crosslinking agent has a saturated or unsaturated ring structure, at least one atom among atoms forming at least one ring is bonded to any allylic substituent of an allyl group, a methallyl group, an allyl group through a linking group, and a methallyl group through a linking group, and a molecular weight is 1,000 or less, a resin frame for reflectors using the resin composition, a reflector, and a molding method using the resin composition.

Abstract: A window panel includes a first rigid part including a rigid material, a second rigid part including the rigid material, and a base substrate interposed between the first and second rigid parts and including a folding part configured to be folded by an external force. The folding part includes a first area and a second area, which are alternately arranged on a plane surface of the base substrate substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the base substrate. The first area includes the rigid material, and at least a portion of the second area includes a soft material. Thus, the rigidity of the window panel is maintained by the rigid material and the flexibility of the window panel is improved by the soft material.

Abstract: A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.

Abstract: There is provided a graphite composite film including a graphite film and a metal layer formed on a surface of the graphite film, in which peeling-off of the metal layer from the graphite film is suppressed. More specifically, the graphite composite film includes a graphite film and a metal layer formed on at least one side of the graphite film, wherein the graphite film has a plurality of through holes formed therein, a metal layer is formed also inside the through holes so as to be connected to the metal layer formed on a surface of the graphite film, the metal layer inside the through holes is formed continuously from the one side to an opposite side of the graphite film, and a distance between outer diameters of the through holes is 0.6 mm or less and a ratio of an area of metal inside the through holes to an area of the graphite composite film is 1.4% or more.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cover element for covering an opening in an in particular horizontal surface of a drainage body, with an edge region which is configured to support the cover element on the drainage body, and with a cover region which has a grid-like or perforated structure with supporting elements It is distinguished in that the supporting elements have a thickness increasing in the vertical direction starting from the edge region in the direction of the regions remote from the edge, such that the cover element has a substantially plano-convex outer contour.

Abstract: A composite material assembly (1) comprises a) a surface enhancing layer (5) comprising at least one layer of fibers, having a length to width aspect ratio of more than 5:1 and b) a structural layer (7) comprising at least one reinforcing fiber and at least one polymeric matrix.

Abstract: A converter plate adapted to be attached to a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, the converter plate containing a base material made of glass in which a plurality of openings is arranged, in each of which a converter material is installed.

Abstract: An electroconductive hole plug paste comprising about 60-80 wt % of platinum particles, about 10-20 wt % of Al2O3, and about 10-20 wt % of organic vehicle, based upon 100% total weight of the paste, wherein the organic vehicle includes at least one viscosity-modifying component in an amount sufficient to provide the electroconductive hole plug paste with a viscosity of about 800-1,500 kcPs, is provided. A ceramic substrate assembly for an implantable medical device having the electroconductive hole plug paste of the invention, and a method of forming the same, are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a freestanding polymer membrane having through-holes, comprising at least one through-hole formation area having a plurality of through-holes formed at a predetermined distance and a support area formed around the through-hole formation area to be thicker than the through-hole formation area so as to support the through-hole formation area, the polymer membrane being freestanding without use of a separate substrate.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a fibre composite component with at least one opening, which is edged by an integral collar, a device for the execution of a method of this type with a mould core, which has at least one convexity for the formation of a component section in the form of a bulge, also a fibre composite component with a multiplicity of openings, each of which is edged by an integral collar.

Abstract: A composite structure (3) formed of a composite member which extends in one direction, includes holes (5), and is made of fiber reinforced plastics. A tensile load and/or a compressive load are applied to the composite structure (3) in the one direction. Tensile stiffness and/or compression stiffness of peripheral areas (3a) of the holes (5) is lower than tensile stiffness and/or compression stiffness of the other area (3b), which surrounds the peripheral areas (3a), in the one direction, and the width of the peripheral area (3a) in a direction orthogonal to the one direction is set to 1.1 times or less of the diameter of the hole (5) in the direction orthogonal to the one direction.

Abstract: Three-dimensional web materials, more particularly, a three-dimensional web material having a first side and a second side are disclosed herein. The first side comprises at least one region having a plurality of spaced elongate three-dimensional protrusions extending outwardly from the first side which are preferably unitarily formed from the web material. The elongate protrusions form an amorphous pattern of a plurality of elongate two-dimensional geometrical shapes.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and process that includes a substantially transparent substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and an edge extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the substantially transparent substrate, wherein the edge is a laser induced channel edge having enhanced edge characteristics.

Abstract: A decorative roll for decoration comprising a cylindrically rolled sheet of plastic; wherein the plastic sheet is about 50 feet to about 500 feet long, about 5 centimeters to about 20 centimeters wide, about 1/10 of a millimeter to about 3 millimeters deep, and about 50 grams to about 500 grams in weight. The decorative roll may comprise a support insert, a message, and an attachment means.

Abstract: A flexible sheet material of thickness less than half a millimeter for making tensioned structures such as false ceilings, in particular, the material including microprojections formed by displacing the material from which it is made, said material presenting an acoustic absorption coefficient which is higher than that of the same material without said projections.

Abstract: A prepreg assembly comprising resin and fibers and comprising an uppermost curable resin surface layer such that when the assembly is cured, the uppermost surface layer has a sandability of at least 0.30 mg/cycle over 200 cycles, as measured according to ASTM D4060 using a Taber 5151 Abrasion Tester fitted with H18 wheels and a 1.0 kg weight is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a punch device for punching a stack comprising at least one sheet of paper, comprising: —a frame; —at least one guide element for guiding the stack to a punching position; —at least one punch element for co-action with a respective punch plate element and which is mounted movably on the frame, wherein the punch element is movable reciprocally from a rest position along a punching path; and —an operating element for moving the punch element selectively along the punching path, —wherein the punch device is adapted to punch at least one recess in an cutting face of the stack.

Abstract: A set of convertible placemats includes a plurality of similarly shaped placemats. Each placemat may define a perimeter shape including at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes a first complex edge pattern including multiple curved or non-parallel geometric features, wherein the second side includes a second complex edge pattern including multiple curved or non-parallel geometric features, and wherein the second complex edge pattern is geometrically complementary to the first complex edge pattern, such that the second complex edge pattern geometrically mates with the first complex edge pattern of another one of the placemats when the two placemats are arranged side-by-side with the second complex edge pattern abutting the first complex edge pattern. At least a subset of the convertible placemats may be arranged side-by-side in a row to form a table runner.

Abstract: A reticulated thermoplastic film includes a backing with openings and discrete elements protruding from the first major surface. There are two discrete elements aligned in a first direction abutting opposite ends of any given opening. In a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, there is one discrete element between the given opening and an adjacent opening aligned in the second direction. Each portion of the backing around the given opening is plastically deformed in its lengthwise direction and typically has higher stretch-induced molecular orientation at its edge adjacent the given opening than at its midpoint. The openings are often retractable. A method of making a reticulated thermoplastic film is also disclosed. The method includes stretching a thermoplastic backing with a plurality of discrete elements in the first direction. Subsequently stretching the backing in the second direction forms a tear in the backing between two adjacent discrete elements.

Abstract: A MEMS backplate enables MEMS microphones with reduced parasitic capacitance. A MEMS backplate includes a central area and a perforation in the central area. A suspension area surrounds the central area at least partially. An aperture is disposed in the suspension area.

Abstract: A core tie having a varying cross sectional diameter, a component including such a core tie, and a method of casting a hot gas path component for a turbomachine are provided herein. In an embodiment, the core tie includes a tie member having an axial length; and a cross sectional diameter which varies along the axial length of the tie member. A variation in the cross sectional diameter of the tie member positively secures a position of the core tie relative to the core.

Abstract: A transparent electrode device includes: a substrate; an electrode region formed on the substrate using a transparent electroconductive film; and an insulating region disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the electrode region, in which a plurality of random island patterns including patterns having a width of 100 ?m or greater, formed using the transparent electroconductive film, are disposed mutually distanced from one another.

Abstract: A method of making a mechanical fastening net. The method includes providing a net having strands of polymer and open areas between the strands of polymer and molding a portion of the polymer in the strands of the net into upstanding posts to form the mechanical fastening net. A mechanical fastening net that includes a polymeric backing, a plurality of openings in the polymeric backing, and upstanding posts on at least one of the first or second major surface of the polymeric backing is also disclosed. The polymeric backing has a range of thicknesses ranging from minimum to maximum thickness, and for at least a portion of the polymeric backing, the minimum thickness of the polymeric backing is where it abuts one of the openings.

Abstract: The present application discloses and claims a three-dimensional sheet material and an absorbent article which utilizes the sheet material within the article. The three-dimensional sheet material is designed to minimize the contact area on one side of the material thereby making it useful for various applications including a body contacting top sheet or liner material.

Abstract: An apertured fibrous nonwoven web with an array of apertures is made that allows for increased functionality and improved aesthetic appearance. The material is particularly well-suited for use as a topsheet or bodyside liner material for personal care absorbent articles including, but not limited to feminine hygiene products, diapers, diaper pants, training pants, adult incontinence devices, bandages and the like. The fibrous nonwoven web includes first, second and third arrays of apertures with varying characteristics that provide improved fluid handling properties for various body exudates.

Abstract: A substrate processing method of performing a predetermined processing by supplying a processing liquid to a processing region on a surface of a substrate, includes: supplying an alignment liquid to an alignment region on the surface of the substrate formed at a position different from that of the processing region; aligning a template disposed facing the substrate and including a processing liquid passage configured to pass the processing liquid and an alignment liquid passage configured to pass the alignment liquid, with respect to the substrate with the alignment liquid supplied to the alignment region such that the processing liquid passage is positioned above the processing region; and performing the predetermined processing on the substrate by supplying the processing liquid to the processing region through the processing liquid passage.

Abstract: A camouflage device includes a plurality of threads connected together to form a plurality of strips. The plurality of strips are connected to a hunting device using an attachment device. The strips are attached to the hunting device in overlapping rows to substantially cover the hunting device.

Abstract: An article may include an array of features formed in a substrate and may be coated by a thermal barrier coating (TBC). The array of features may mitigate thermal stress experienced by the coated article. In particular, the array of features may reduce or limit crack propagation at or above the interface of a thermally insulative layer and a bond coat in the TBC. In some embodiments, the array may be formed proximate to and substantially aligned with cooling holes formed in the substrate. In other embodiments, an article may include a first array of features formed in a first location of a substrate and a second array of features formed in a second location of a substrate. The first and second locations may be determined or selected based on a prediction of thermal stresses that the substrate will experience at the first and second locations during use.

Abstract: An insert-molded fiber optic transmission component has at least one insert and a main body portion. The main body portion has at least one adjoining surface, a portion of the at least one adjoining surface lying in a first plane. The insert has an engaging face disposed against the outer edge surface and a reference surface adjacent the engaging face, where the reference surface lies in a second plane, and the adjoining surface is adjacent the engaging face of the at least one insert and the first and second planes being parallel to and offset from one another.

Abstract: A trim element having a visible side (12) formed of a skin (10), the element includes a skin (10) laid on a plastic foam (24) bonded to the skin by a continuous bonding layer (26) formed spontaneously at the skin-foam interface during the foaming operation, the skin (10) has a preferential rupture initiator comprising at least one scored feature. Throughout the region in which the scored feature lays, the bonding layer (26) is in contact only with the skin (10) and the foam (24), and, at the scored feature and in the direction of the thickness of the skin, the bonding layer (26) is laid over the opening with a thickness very much smaller than the depth of the scored feature.

Abstract: A topsheet layer material for use on an absorbent article includes a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a depth direction and comprises a planar sheet. The topsheet layer material includes visually and spatially coordinated embossed channels and apertures. The embossed channels are curvilinear indentations configured along either the longitudinal, the transverse direction, or a combination of longitudinal and transverse directions. The apertures are positioned along the topsheet layer material laterally adjacent to the channels such that at least a portion of the apertures have an overall shape configuration that is substantially similar or the same as at least a portion of the shape of the embossed channel. Such coordinated aperture configuration may also be generally concentric with or generally parallel to the embossed channels.

Abstract: A novel arrangement of fabric and method for using the fabric to create decorative accessories such as scarves, boas, hand muffs and belts. The fabric having a generally continuous length and a width, the fabric further including a plurality of holes along an edge of the material to facilitate knitting the decorative accessories.

Abstract: A covering layer for a sanitary article includes a base member of non-woven material. The non-woven material is constructed from staple fibres and has a plurality of holes formed therein which have a larger diameter than pores of the non-woven material. The staple fibres have a fibre fineness which is selected from a range from greater than 1 dtex to less than or equal to 5 dtex.

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: A leather punching device 1 has a receiving mold 21 formed with receiving holes 22, a pressing mold 31 formed with storing holes 32 which communicate with the receiving holes 22 when joined with the receiving mold 21, and a moving member 45 provided with punching pins 5 which are stored in the storing holes 32 of the pressing mold 31, pressing projections 35 are provided around the storing hole 32 of the pressing mold 31, a leather 3 is disposed between the receiving mold 21 and the pressing mold 31, the pressing projections 35 of the pressing mold 31 come into pressure-contact with the leather 3, and the punching pins 5 project from the pressing projections 35 by the movement of the moving member 45 to one side to form punch holes 9 in the leather 3.

Abstract: A roofing shingle has a shingle body with at least a top layer having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion. An exposure zone extends from the butt edge toward the headlap portion is configured to be exposed to the environment when the roofing shingle is installed on a roof. A shadow formation may be located in the exposure zone of the top layer. The shadow formation and the exposure zone differ from each other in at least one aspect, such as color. The top layer may be substantially rectangular and have no tabs formed along the butt edge. A thickness of the exposure zone and a thickness of the shadow formation may be substantially identical. The shadow formation may be a simulated cut out, slit or slot.

Abstract: An assembly including a first wafer, a second wafer, a spacing wafer configured to be positioned between the first wafer and the second wafer, and a plurality of spacing elements configured to be positioned within the spacing wafer and to contact the first wafer and the second wafer, the spacing elements sized to define a first spacing distance between the first wafer and the second wafer.

Abstract: A pouch for forming an implantable artificial organ, including a closed shell provided in a semi-pervious membrane. The pouch further includes a sheet contained within the shell, the sheet including projections on the surface thereof for maintaining a space for cells between the sheet and the shell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery electrolyte injection hole sealing device, the lithium-ion battery electrolyte injection hole sealing device is provided with a through hole corresponding to an electrolyte injection hole of a battery cover, the lithium-ion battery electrolyte injection hole sealing device is a film comprising a polypropylene layer, the lithium-ion battery electrolyte injection hole sealing device is packaged on the electrolyte injection hole and a peripheral area of the electrolyte injection hole of the battery cover by hot melting of the polypropylene layer. Consequently, pollution and corrosion of the electrolyte injection hole and the peripheral area thereof are avoided, so as to improve quality of seal welding of the electrolyte injection hole.

Abstract: A support member such as a belt or sleeve includes a topographical pattern on its sheet contact side. A plurality of land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas are formed on the top surface of the support member to produce the topographical pattern. The land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas may be formed by graving, cutting, etching, embossing, mechanical perforation or a combination thereof. The improved belt or sleeve imparts desired physical characteristics, such as bulk, appearance, texture, absorbency, strength, and hand to a nonwoven product produced thereon.

Abstract: The present application relates to a porous thin film having holes, wherein the holes are formed in the top part and/or the bottom part of the thin film and the holes are linked to the pores of the thin film; and the present invention also relates to a production method for a porous thin film having holes, comprising the use of a particle alignment layer as a mould.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an irregularly formed waterproof panel having a hollow protrusion for waterproofing, and to a waterproofing construction using same. The present invention provides: an irregularly formed waterproof panel in which a complex waterproofing layer is formed using the irregularly formed waterproof panel having a hollow protrusion to prevent a waterproofing foundation from being cracked or to prevent a waterproofing layer from being damaged due to the behavior of a joint, and to provide permeability to air; and a waterproofing construction using same.

Abstract: A method of drawing a material into sheet form includes forming a preform comprising at least one material as a large aspect ratio block wherein a first transverse dimension of the preform is much greater than a second transverse dimension substantially perpendicular to the first transverse dimension. A furnace having substantially linearly opposed heating elements one spaced from the other is provided and the heating elements are energized to apply heat to the preform to create a negative thermal gradient from an exterior surface along the first transverse dimension of the preform inward toward a central plane of the preform. The preform is drawn in such a manner that the material substantially maintains its first transverse dimension and deforms across its second transverse dimension.

Abstract: A fabric for a papermaking machine is configured as a belt, the two side edges of which are configured in each case as closed lines. Furthermore, the belt is formed in one layer from a solid material and has pores which form passages between the two surfaces of the belt. The belt has regions with a width of approximately 400 micrometers (?m) or less. These regions extend in the longitudinal direction over the entire circumference of the belt, transversely with respect to the side edges, and include no pores formed therein.

Abstract: A plastic barrier screen that is molded and drawn; the screen is formed from a process that uses the speed of injection molding to form a part that can be mechanically oriented in a second operation that is equally fast. The plastic barrier screen is first formed from injection molding a part with multiple square or hexagonal holes ½ to ? opening size in a uniform pattern, including longitudinal dividers between such holes of 2 to 6 times the final desired screen barrier cross sectional area of the longitudinals respectively. The molded part is then stretched along the longitudinal elements of the mold to molecularly orient at elevated temperature to produce a larger planar dimension of 2 to 6 times the original plastic screen with high strength molecularly oriented monofilament longitudinal elements.