Abstract: A composite membrane, including a base plate; the base plate is used for corresponding to a light source, and an emergent surface of the base plate is provided thereon with multiple dispersive prism areas and multiple diffusion plates, wherein the dispersive prism areas correspond to lamp bead shadow areas, and the diffusion plates correspond to non-lamp bead shadow areas; the dispersive prism areas are provided in areas in which light energy is distributed unevenly, while only the diffusion plates are laid in areas in which light energy is distributed evenly, and the dispersive prisms need not be laid, thereby reducing production costs while improving the phenomenon of a visual effect being uneven. Further provided is a design method for a composite membrane.

Abstract: A display panel and a flexible display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a first adhesive layer, a display layer, and a protective layer. The display layer includes an array layer and a light-emitting device layer. The array layer is disposed directly on the first adhesive layer, and a grid structure is disposed on the substrate. Neither a backplane nor a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed on the display panel, which allows effectively manufacture a thin display panel, reduces the film layers of the panel, and improves the flexibility of the display panel.

Abstract: Methods of forming a vanadium nitride-containing layer comprise providing a substrate within a reaction chamber of a reactor and depositing a vanadium nitride-containing layer onto a surface of the substrate, wherein the deposition process comprises providing a vanadium precursor to the reaction chamber and providing a nitrogen precursor to the reaction chamber.

Abstract: A stretchable sheet 10 includes: a plurality of attached portions 3 spaced apart from each other in the direction of stretch Df, wherein the first surfaces 1f and 2f of a pair of sheets 1 and 2 are attached to each other by being welded without using an adhesive, at the attached portions 3, the attached portions 3 hold elastic members F, and the attached portions 3 extend in a direction Dp crossing the direction of stretch Df of the elastic members F; and a plurality of folds P that appear between the attached portions 3 while the elastic members F are shrunk, wherein the attached portions 3 include: a plurality of strongly-attached portions 3s arranged on opposite sides of each elastic member F in the crossing direction Dp; and a plurality of weakly-attached portions 3w arranged between adjacent elastic members F and between adjacent strongly-attached portions 3s.

Abstract: Thick and absorbent and/or flexible toilet tissue and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: A sole of a shoe including: a first base including as its main component a first thermoplastic resin; a projection including as its main component the first thermoplastic resin, the projection projecting from the first base; and at least one first reinforcement fiber oriented while being bent from the first base toward the projection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition to form an optically anisotropic film exhibiting excellent reverse wavelength dispersibility, an optically anisotropic film, a circularly polarizing plate; a display device; and a near-infrared absorbing coloring agent. The composition includes a liquid crystal compound or a polymer, and a near-infrared absorbing coloring agent having a structural moiety including a coloring agent skeleton and a mesogenic group that is bonded to the coloring agent skeleton, in which the near-infrared absorbing coloring agent satisfies Condition 1 where an absolute value ?1 of a square root of a first eigenvalue and an absolute value ?2 of a square root of a second eigenvalue satisfy a relationship of Formula (A) ?2/?1?0.60; and Condition 2: An angle between a direction of a transition moment of absorption of the infrared absorbing coloring agent and a direction of an eigenvector of the first eigenvalue is 75.0° or more.

Abstract: A cargo restraint system for securing cargo on a truck bed of a truck is provided. The cargo restraint system includes a cargo retaining sheet having first and second end portions and an interior sheet portion disposed between the first and second end portions. The first and second end portions extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cargo retaining sheet and are spaced apart from another and form first and second apertures, respectively, therein. The cargo restraint system further includes a first adjustable length strap that extends through the first aperture in the cargo retaining sheet and is attachable to the truck. The cargo restraint system further includes a second adjustable length strap that extends through the second aperture in the cargo retaining sheet and is attachable to the truck.

Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of its formation and use, is provided. The coated component may include a substrate having a surface with a plurality of cavities defined therein, a bond coating (e.g., including a silicon material) on the surface of the substrate within the cavities, and an environmental barrier coating over the surface of the substrate and encasing the bond coating within the cavities such that the bond coating, when melted, is contained within the cavities. Such a coated component may be, in one embodiment, a turbine component, such as a CMC component for use in a hot gas path of a gas turbine engine.

Abstract: An extruding unit, a forming roll unit and a thick portion forming mechanism are provided. The extruding unit has an ejecting slit which ejects sheet-shaped molten resin. The ejecting slit includes a standard gap portion and an enlarged gap portion. The standard gap portion is formed as a gap having a constant size. The enlarged gap portion is formed as a gap larger than the standard gap portion in a position corresponding to a thick portion. The thick portion forming mechanism forms one or several thick portions which are thicker than other portion, in the sheet-shaped molten resin continuously in the extrusion direction.

Abstract: A laminated vehicle includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer and an opaque polymeric film that is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the opaque polymeric film has at least one cutout.

Abstract: A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate and an anti-reflection structure that can be thinned, are excellent in anti-reflection performance and can keep reflection chromaticity neutral. In the laminate according to the present disclosure, a part of a light shielding film has a non-light shielding portion without a light shielding film; an anti-reflection structure is formed in the non-light shielding portion through an adhesion layer, and a fine uneven structure has an uneven period that is equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light; and a color difference (?E) between a reflected light by the light shielding film and a reflected light by the anti-reflection structure expressed in the formula shown below is equal to or less than 1.5.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing double images, and making the moisture resistance of the laminated glass exposed to high temperature and high humidity uniform at one end and the other end of the interlayer film. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass, being wedge-like shaped and containing an amphiphile or a surfactant, and when a high temperature and high humidity test for laminated glass is executed, a whitening distance at the one end and the other end of the interlayer film is 15 mm or less, and when a whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film is more than 0 mm, a value of (whitening distance at the other end of the interlayer film×thickness of the other end of the interlayer film)/(whitening distance at the one end of the interlayer film×thickness of the one end of the interlayer film) is 0.70 or more.

Abstract: A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

Abstract: A building construction product with an electroconductive surface, the building construction product comprising a core with one or more surfaces covered by an electroconductive paper comprising carbon fibers, the electroconductive paper being attached to the one or more surfaces of the core. Methods and materials for producing the building construction products with an electroconductive surface and products and methods for shielding an area from electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A data capture system for object dimensioning includes: a projector to project a structured light pattern onto a capture volume to illuminate an object in the capture volume; a depth sensor; a set of image sensors; and a processor configured to: responsive to detection of the object, control the depth sensor to obtain a depth scan of the object; based on the depth scan, determine an attribute of the object; select projection parameters based on the attribute; control the projector to illuminate the object according to the projection parameters; and control the set of image sensors to capture respective images of the object.

Abstract: An imprint template and an imprint method are provided. The imprint template includes a base substrate, an imprinting pattern layer and a deformable layer; wherein the deformable layer is disposed on a surface of the imprinting pattern layer facing away from the base substrate, and a shape of a surface of the deformable layer facing away from the base substrate is identical to an equidistant expanded shape of a shape of a surface of the imprinting pattern layer facing away from the base substrate; the deformable layer is configured to have a variable thickness under an external stimulation.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a back plate disposed below the display panel, and a deformation prevention structure disposed below the back plate. The display panel, the back plate, and the deformation prevention structure are bendable in at least one bendable area. The deformation prevention structure has higher modulus than either the display panel or the back plate in the at least one bendable area. The display device is not deformed even after being repeatedly bent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an analysis chip device used in capillary electrophoresis.

Abstract: A friction pad (12) for inhibiting movement of a device (10) relative to an engagement surface (16) includes a pad body (18) and an adhesive material (232). The pad body (18) has a first body surface (20) and an opposed second body surface (22). The first body surface (20) is configured to be coupled to an outer surface (14) of the device (10). The second body surface (22) is configured to engage the engagement surface (16). The pad body (18) is formed at least in part from a body material (18A) including high-density polyethylene. The second body surface (22) of the pad body (18) has a static coefficient of friction of at least approximately 1.0. The second body surface (22) includes a plurality of spaced apart surface features (234), each of the plurality of surface features (234) having a feature height (358) of between approximately 0.15 millimeters and 1.00 millimeters.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing multiple images. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is used while it is arranged between a first lamination glass member having a wedge angle of 0.10 mrad or more, and a second lamination glass member; the interlayer film has a wedge angle of less than 0.10 mrad, and has a maximum value of partial wedge angles A of 0.15 mrad or less when the partial wedge angles A of the interlayer film are measured in “the step 1 of selecting points A at 2-mm intervals starting at the position of 20 cm from the one end toward the other end of the interlayer film and ending at the position of 20 cm from the other end toward the one end of the interlayer film” and “the step 2 of calculating the partial wedge angles A of the interlayer film in each partial region A of 80 mm centered at each of the points A in the direction connecting the one end and the other end” in this order.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus may include a bending area at which the display panel may be configured to bend or fold around a bending axis, and non-bending areas extending from respective edges of the bending area, a support member on the display panel across the bending area and the non-bending areas, and may include a first protruding portion protruding away from the display panel at the bending area, and a cover member facing the display panel such that at least a portion of the support member may be between the display panel and the cover member.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass capable of suppressing multiple images and enhancing the heat shielding properties, and enhancing the uniformity of heat shield properties or color tone between one end side and the other end side of the laminated glass. A laminated glass according to the present invention has one end, and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end and having a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end; the laminated glass includes a first lamination glass member, a second lamination glass member, and an interlayer film arranged between the first lamination glass member and the second lamination glass member; the first lamination glass member has a wedge angle of 0.10 mrad or more; the wedge angle of the first lamination glass member is equal to a wedge angle of the interlayer film or larger than the wedge angle of the interlayer film, and the interlayer film contains a heat shielding substance.

Abstract: The glass article has a three-dimensional shape. The glass article contains a first surface and at least one second surface opposite to the first surface, and contains a bent part in at least one place of the first surface or the second surface.

Abstract: A bonding structure, a package structure, and a method for manufacturing a package structure are provided. The package structure includes a first substrate, a first passivation layer, a first conductive layer, and a first conductive bonding structure. The first passivation layer is disposed on the first substrate and has an upper surface. The first passivation layer and the first substrate define a first cavity. The first conductive layer is disposed in the first cavity and has an upper surface. A portion of the upper surface of the first conductive layer is below the upper surface of the first passivation layer. The first conductive bonding structure is disposed on the first conductive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite sandwich panel that includes a first face portion with fully consolidated comingled first fibers and a first thermoplastic matrix. The composite sandwich panel also includes a second face portion with fully consolidated comingled second fibers and a second thermoplastic matrix. Additionally, the composite sandwich panel includes at least one core portion with partially consolidated comingled third fibers and a third thermoplastic matrix. The at least one core portion is interposed between the first and second face portions. The first thermoplastic matrix is melded with the third thermoplastic matrix and the second thermoplastic matrix is melded with the third thermoplastic. A density of the fibers across a thickness of the composite panel is non-uniform.

Abstract: A decorative molding sheet including: an artificial leather substrate that includes a non-woven fabric containing ultrafine fibers with an average fineness of 0.001 to 1 dtex and an elastic polymer applied in the non-woven fabric, and that has a leather-like finished surface; and a resin layer that is formed on a back surface of the artificial leather substrate relative to the leather-like finished surface, and that contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a preform molded body obtained by shaping the decorative molding sheet into a three-dimensional shape are used.

Abstract: A synthetic polymer film whose surface has a plurality of raised or recessed portions, wherein a two-dimensional size of the plurality of raised or recessed portions is in a range of not less than 0.5 ?m and not more than 3 ?m when viewed in a normal direction of the synthetic polymer film, the synthetic polymer film has a crosslink structure and contains an organic carboxylic acid, at the lapse of 5 minutes since placing a 200 ?L drop of water on the surface of the synthetic polymer film, a pH of an aqueous solution is less than 4, and an area equivalent circle diameter of the aqueous solution is not less than 20 mm, and at the lapse of 60 seconds since placing a drop of water on the surface of the synthetic polymer film, a static contact angle of the water drop with respect to the surface is less than 3°.

Abstract: Covers for touch-sensing devices include a shielding layer; and a substrate, in which the substrate covers the shielding layer, and the substrate and the shielding layer are integrated and form a coplanar surface. The coplanar surface is a smooth surface, which has a surface roughness Ra in a range from about 0.05 ?m to about 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: An interlayer structure having a cellulose ester layer for use in bilayer laminates is described herein. The cellulose ester layer provides rigidity and support to multilayer interlayers comprising an array of different layers. Due to the diverse properties of the cellulose ester layers, the present interlayers can be useful in producing structural laminates having high stiffness and which possess good optical clarity for a variety of applications, including outdoor structural applications and HMI devices.

Abstract: A near-eye optical display system that may be utilized in mixed reality applications and devices includes a see-through waveguide on which diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are disposed that are configured for in-coupling, exit pupil expansion, and out-coupling. The optical display system includes a conformal coating that is thickness modulated over different areas of the display to enable tuning of the optical parameters such as refractive index and reflectivity to meet various design requirements. The conformal coating may also be utilized to enhance physical characteristics of the optical display system to thereby improve reliability and resist wear and damage from handling and exposure to environmental elements.

Abstract: A multi-ply tissue paper product includes at least four plies made of tissue paper base-sheet or non-woven. Two inner plies are positioned between a first outer ply on one side and a second outer ply on another side. The two inner plies are flat plies. The first and second outer plies include a micro-embossing pattern. Only one of the outer plies further includes a décor embossing pattern. The multi-ply tissue paper product is configured to provide improved thickness and strength parameters with less use of paper fiber material.

Abstract: There is provided an additive manufactured (AM) article formed of a Co based alloy having a composition comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 30% or less in total of Fe and Ni, the Fe being 5% or less; 5-12% in total of W and/or Mo; 0.5-2% in total of Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The AM article comprises crystal grains with an average size of 10-100 ?m. In the crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.15-1.5 ?m are formed, in which components constituting an MC type carbide phase comprising the Ti, Zr, Nb and/or Ta are segregated in boundary regions of the cells, and/or grains of the MC type carbide phase are precipitated at an average intergrain distance of 0.15-1.5 ?m.

Abstract: A nonstick ceramic coating composite and a heating kitchen utensil using the same, and more particularly, a nonstick ceramic coating composite that is prepared by filing a nonstick silicone fluid in the pores of a functional filler and mixing the filler with an inorganic binding agent, etc. and a heating kitchen utensil that has a nonstick ceramic coating layer using the nonstick ceramic coating composite in order to render heating kitchen utensils nonstick for a long period, according to which it is possible to provide a nonstick ceramic coating composite that is prepared by loading a nonstick silicone fluid in the pores of a functional filler and mixing the filler with an inorganic binding agent, etc., and, by applying the nonstick ceramic coating composite on a heating kitchen utensil, acquire adequate corrosion resistance, wear resistance, heat resistance, etc.

Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel including a bending area, a first non-bending area, and a second non-bending area, an outer member over a first surface of the display panel, and a stress control member between the display panel and the outer member, and including a first control area overlapping with the bending area, and a second control area and a third control area overlapping with the first non-bending area and the second non-bending area, respectively, such that the first control area is between the second control area and the third control area, and a maximum thickness of the first control area is less than a thickness of an end of the second control area and a thickness of an end of the third control area spaced apart from a bending axis in the second direction.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a flexible vibration module and a method of manufacturing the flexible vibration module are provided. A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, and a flexible vibration module on a rear surface of the display panel, the flexible vibration module configured to vibrate the display panel, the flexible vibration module including: a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric characteristic, and a plurality of second portions respectively between pairs of the plurality of first portions, the plurality of second portions having flexibility.

Abstract: A flexible substrate, a flexible display panel, and a manufacturing method are provided. The method of manufacturing the flexible display panel includes forming a first organic layer on a substrate; determining a bending area on the first organic layer and forming an adhesion layer on a part of the first organic layer, located in the bending area; forming an inorganic layer on the adhesion layer and on the first organic layer; forming a second organic layer on the inorganic layer; forming a thin-film transistor layer, an organic light-emitting diode layer, and an encapsulation layer on the second organic layer in sequence; removing the substrate; and removing the part of the first organic layer, located in the bending area, and the adhesion layer so that the flexible display panel is formed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first submodule having a display panel, a second submodule having a cover member located on the display panel, and a first decoupling layer located between the first submodule and the second submodule, and each of the first submodule and the second submodule has a single neutral plane.

Abstract: An audio playback device includes an audio player and a storage bin configured to accommodate the audio player. A bottom portion of the audio player is round table shaped. The bottom portion of the audio player extends radially outward to form a base. A touch panel is arranged on a top portion of the audio player and is configured to manually control playback of the audio player. The storage bin includes a soft cover configured to accommodate the audio player and an elastic ring connected to an opening of the soft cover. The elastic ring is configured to adjust a size of the opening of the soft cover. A bottom portion of the soft cover is fixed on a play tent. The base of the audio player contacts the play tent. At least a portion of a main body of the audio player extends from the elastic ring.

Abstract: A hygienic thin-leaf paper including a first sheet having front and back surfaces, on which embossed protrusions and embossed recesses corresponding to the embossed protrusions are respectively formed; and a second sheet having front and back surfaces, on which embossed protrusions and embossed recesses corresponding to the embossed protrusions are respectively formed, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are integrated by facing the surfaces formed with the embossed protrusions in a nested form, wherein each of the first sheet and the second sheet have an embossed portion, on which the embossed protrusions and non-embossed-protrusion portions are formed, wherein at least one of the first sheet and the second sheets have a non-embossed portion, on which the embossed protrusions and the non-embossed portions are not formed, and wherein the non-embossed portion is in a shape without having an intersection.

Abstract: An embossing tool for embossing a combined embossing pattern into a packaging material, the combined embossing pattern including decoratively embossed structure and at least one embossed code, the embossing tool including a male and a female embossing device for cooperating with each other, embossing structures of the male and female embossing device formed to produce the combined embossing pattern into the packaging material in an embossing gap, the embossing structures of the male and the female embossing device include first embossing structures intended for making the at least one embossed code, which are inverse congruent male and female embossing structures having a polyhedral shape, and the decoratively embossed structures and the at least one embossed code produced by the embossing structures are arranged such that the at least one embossed code has a reduced visibility as compared to the decoratively embossed structures.

Abstract: A cover window for a display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The cover window for a display device includes a light-transmitting substrate, a mold layer on at least a part of an edge of the light-transmitting substrate, and having an uneven pattern formed on a surface thereof, an inorganic material pattern layer on the mold layer and exposing a portion of the mold layer, and a print layer on the mold layer and covering the exposed portion of the mold layer.

Abstract: A 3D printed core-shell filament comprises an elongated core radially surrounded by an outer shell with a barrier layer in between, where the elongated core comprises a ductile polymer and the outer shell comprises a stiff polymer having a Young's modulus higher than that of the ductile polymer. A lightweight lattice structure may comprise a plurality of the 3D printed core-shell filaments deposited in layers.

Abstract: A component including at least one joint, at which a joining connection to a further component is to be formed later, is provided. A joining element having a holding section is pressed into the component, and the joining element also has a functional section, by way of which at least one further function can be implemented. The holding section of the joining element is arranged in a passage hole, and the passage hole is widened in at least one edge region by an embossing. The holding section of the joining element is pressed into the passage hole and is connected to the hole wall in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner and engages in the embossing. A component combination of at least two components which includes such a component and a method for producing the component and the component combination are also provided.

Abstract: An image sensor array formed on a flexible first substrate is supported by a flexible second substrate attached thereto. The second substrate has a top surface with an adhesive thereon for attaching the substrates together. The adhesive is on a portion of the second substrate directly beneath the image sensor array to allow selective formation of the second substrate.

Abstract: A fibrous nonwoven material which is vertically lapped in its entirety or which includes one or more lapped regions which include vertically lapped fibers provides for padding to be applied to a substrate (e.g., an article of interest such as a handle for sporting equipment or tool, or on the inside of a motorcycle or bicycle helmet, etc.). The skin contacting surface of the nonwoven has regions which are relatively thicker than other regions, and air, sweat, and the like are allowed to easily pass through these regions for cooling, wicking of fluid and enhanced breathability. The lapped nonwoven includes a backing material which helps define the pad shape and which permits securing to a substrate. A hook and loop fastener may be affixed to the lapped nonwoven at the backing material so as to allow retrieval and replacement of the nonwoven on the substrate. An acquisition layer on the surface can be used on the surface of the nonwoven, and a carded consolidated web may be positioned within the nonwoven.

Abstract: An ignition-suppressing tape for sealing cut edges of polymer panels, the tape having a backing strip and a sealant strip that is disposed on a portion of a surface of the backing strip, and a pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed on other portions of the same surface of the backing strip.

Abstract: An exterior building component with a distinct surface topography and a method for manufacturing the same. A substrate, a barrier film, and an adhesive are provided together with a finishing sacrificial coating. The adhesive has pressure sensitive characteristics in a temperature range including a temperature below barrier film embossment temperature. The temperature of a surface of the substrate and the barrier film is adjusted to the barrier film embossment temperature. The adhesive is disposed onto at least one of the surface of the substrate and the barrier film. The barrier film is then disposed onto the surface of the substrate and embossed such that the surface topography of the substrate is replicated in a substantially identical fashion using a roller at low pressure and short pressure application time. The barrier film is then, if needed, finished with a weather-resistant coating compatible with commercially available architectural exterior paints and lacquers for refinishing as required.

Abstract: A vegetable cane fiber ballistic impact panel and process of manufacturing the ballistic panel. The ballistic panel includes a plurality of vegetable cane fibers (e.g., bamboo fibers) impregnated with a polymer. The vegetable cane fibers are formed into mats of interconnected and entangled fibers and the polymer is formed into polymer films. The polymer films and mats are arranged into a layered assembly having an alternating arrangement and pressed together. The layered assembly is heated to soften the polymer and allow it to flow around the vegetable cane fibers to impregnate the vegetable cane fibers and then cooled. The vegetable cane fibers are generally uniformly distributed through the entire thickness of the panel and vegetable cane fibers originally formed within different mats are entangled with each other.