Abstract: A SMC sheet includes: a sheet material body made of a resin compound containing uncured thermosetting resin; and a fiber sheet embedded as an intermediate layer in the sheet material body and impregnated with the thermosetting resin of the sheet material body. Short fiber is distributed on at least one side of the fiber sheet in the sheet material body.

Abstract: A peel-and-set tile system is disclosed for being installed onto a substrate, along with a corresponding method of manufacture and installation. The system provides, in an exemplary embodiment, a tile body. An underside surface of the tile body provides a contact adhesive array for securing the tile body to the substrate, the contact adhesive array being positioned and configured for forming a perimeter gasket continuously about a perimeter of the underside surface of the tile body when it is secured to the substrate. A peel-away release liner is applied over the contact adhesive array and configured to be removed therefrom when the tile body is to be installed onto the substrate. When the tile body is secured to the substrate, the perimeter gasket forms a bond that substantially prevents liquid or contaminants from getting between the underside surface of the tile body and the substrate or compromising the installation.

Abstract: Provided is a tempered glass having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, the tempered glass comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mol %, 45 to 75% of SiO2, 3 to 15% of Al2O3, 0 to 12% of Li2O, 0.3 to 20% of Na2O, 0 to 10% of K2O, and 1 to 15% of MgO+CaO, and having a molar ratio (Al2O3+Na2O+P2O5)/SiO2 of 0.1 to 1, a molar ratio (B2O3+Na2O)/SiO2 of 0.1 to 1, a molar ratio P2O5/SiO2 of 0 to 1, a molar ratio Al2O3/SiO2 of 0.01 to 1, and a molar ratio Na2O/Al2O3 of 0.1 to 5, wherein the surface is etched partially or entirely before tempering treatment.

Abstract: A strengthened glass sheet or article having an edge profile that provides improved edge strength, particularly when the strengthened glass sheet is subjected to a four point bend test, and a method of making a glass sheet having such an edge. The edge is formed by cutting or other separation methods and then ground to a predetermined profile such as a pencil or bullet profile, a bull nose profile, or the like. In some embodiments, the edge is polished and/or etched following grinding to reduce flaw size.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing touch screen panels includes forming a photoresist film on a first surface of a substrate having high transmittance, removing the photoresist film in regions between unit cells by utilizing exposing and developing processes, etching the substrate in the regions where the photoresist film has been removed, removing the photoresist film from the substrate after the etching, performing a tempering process on the substrate including the etched regions, forming touch screen panels at the unit cells defined by the etched regions on the first surface of the substrate, and cutting the substrate at the etched regions to separate the touch screen panels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallic laminate and a manufacturing method of a light emitting diode package using the same. The present invention provides a metallic laminate including: a core layer made of an insulating material; a metal layer disposed on one surface of the core layer; a heat radiating metal layer disposed on the other surface of the core layer; and a protective metal oxide layer disposed along an outer surface of the heat radiating metal layer and made of an oxide of the heat radiating metal layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting an edge, more particularly plastics edge, onto a material, and also to the products obtained in this way, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A stack of a plurality of thin film adhesively bonded members are removably coupled to a wall structure. A method for cleaning a wall surface is also disclosed. The method includes removing pre-placed polymer sheets from a wall surface after predetermined time intervals. The adhesive is configured to allow an exposed polymer sheet layer to be removed without removing the entire stack of rectangular members.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive layer-equipped transparent surface material that can easily be bonded to another surface material (such as a display panel) and that, when bonded to another surface material, is less likely to have voids left at the interface between the adhesive layer and another surface material. An adhesive layer-equipped transparent surface material 1 comprises an adhesive layer 14 formed on at least one surface of a protective plate 10 (a transparent surface material), wherein the adhesive layer 14 has a layer portion 18 spreading over the surface of the protective plate 10 and a barrier portion 20 surrounding the periphery of the layer portion 18; and the layer portion 18 is made of a cured product of a layer portion-forming curable resin composition comprising a curable compound (II) and a non-curable oligomer (D).

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive layer-equipped transparent surface material that can easily be bonded to another surface material (a display panel, etc.) and that, when bonded to another surface material, is less likely to have voids left at the interface between the adhesive layer and another surface material. An adhesive layer-equipped transparent surface material 1 comprises an adhesive layer 14 formed on at least one surface of a protective plate 10 (a transparent surface material), wherein the adhesive layer 14 has a layer portion 18 spreading over the surface of the protective plate 10 and a barrier portion 20 surrounding the periphery of the layer portion 18; and the layer portion 18 has a shear modulus at 35° C. of from 0.5 to 100 kPa.

Abstract: The invention relates to an edge trim for pieces of furniture, comprising a meltable layer. In order to improve a generic edge trim such that the same is more versatile and can especially be mounted on a wider selection of surfaces, the molecular structure of the meltable layer contains both polar and non-polar parts.

Abstract: Laser cutting of multilayer optical film bodies comprising polyester and polycarbonate materials.

Abstract: A package structure and a packaging method for manufacturing the package structure are provided. The package structure comprises a cover wafer, a device wafer and a bonding material. The cover wafer has an optical element, and a surface of the cover wafer is defined with a height difference that is greater than 20 micrometers. The bonding material has a width and continuously surrounds the optical device, and is disposed between the cover wafer and the device wafer, in which the width is between 10 micrometers and 150 micrometers. The bonding material hermetically bonds the cover wafer and the device wafer to make a leakage rate of the package structure less than 5e?8 atm-cc/sec.

Abstract: The invention discloses a functional film assembly comprising a functional film having at least one active layer laminated between first and second planar electrode layers. At least a portion of the edge region of the functional film is sealed by a sealing member. Preferably, the sealing member comprises a strip of polymer film material having on one surface a first strip-like region of adhesive material adjacent a first edge of the strip of polymer film material, and a second strip-like region of adhesive material adjacent a second edge of the strip of polymer film material. There is an adhesive-free region between the first and second strip-like regions of adhesive material, which is positioned coincident with the active layer of the functional film.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a glass plate for a display device, a protection film is formed on a mother glass plate. The protection film is patterned to form a protection film pattern which prevents ion exchange. Chemically strengthening the mother glass plate includes exchanging alkaline ions of the mother glass plate including the protection film pattern are exchanged with metal ions of a molten salt to form a first chemically strengthened portion, a non-strengthened portion and a second chemically strengthened portion. The upper surface of the protection film pattern is cut in the scribe line area to separate the glass plate at the non-strengthened portion of the mother glass plate, from the mother glass plate.

Abstract: A composite construct comprising a side wall extending at least partially around an interior of the composite construct. At least a portion of the side wall comprises at least one laminate, and the at least one laminate comprises at least one layer of material that comprises a first renewable polymer. The composite construct can also comprise at least one injection-molded element comprising at least a second renewable polymer.

Abstract: A metal sheet, inclusive of a metal strip, having a front side and a back side, both the front side and the back side comprising a first coating having an average thickness in the range from 0.5 to 10 ?m, wherein the first coating of the front side contains particles, which release divalent or multivalent metal ions upon the action of an acid, in such an amount that a self-depositing coating agent forms, upon contact with the front side, a second coating thereon, whereas this is not the case for the first coating of the back side. The first coating of the front side can be overcoated with a self-depositing coating agent. Cut edges that do not have a first coating can be covered with the self-depositing coating agent. Correspondingly coated metal sheets, as well as a method for the manufacture thereof, are furthermore within the scope of the invention.

Abstract: A length of buoyant, flexible insulating material for lengthwise encasing a length of pipe comprises syntactic foam that includes a thermoset resin binder and microspheres, wherein the syntactic foam encases a plurality of substantially parallel longitudinal fibrous strands. The thermoset resin may comprise an epoxy resin that includes Bisphenol-A, a curing agent, and a flexibilizer.

Abstract: A water-degradable welding purge dam for purging a weld zone of a pipe assembly comprising first and second pipes having respective first and second ends to be welded together at a root gap. The purge dam includes a blocking plate comprising one or more plate members. The one or more plate members include a friction plate member having a plurality of flexible members on its periphery adapted to flexibly engage an inside wall of one of the first or second pipe ends in a self-retaining manner. The purge dam comprises one or more water degradable materials so that it can be flushed from the pipe assembly following welding.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method of producing subsurface marking in a transparent body. According to the invention, the marking is done less than 500 ?m below the surface by applying a layer system with a high destruction threshold, compared to the substrate, to the surface of the substrate. If the layer system is designed as an anti-reflection coating system for the reading wavelength, it increases the contrast for reading. If the layer system is designed as a mirror for the writing wavelength, the writing can be done in reflection at a lower intensity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor panel comprising a carrier layer, a wear layer made of a soft/resilient material, and at least two opposite pairs of locking edges, where at least the locking edges of one pair are designed as form-fitting edges and in such a way that two floor panels can be connected by means of these formfitting edges, and where the form-fitting edges each display a horizontal locking surface which, in connected state, together counteract separation of the floor panels in a direction lying in the floor plane and perpendicular to the form-fitting edges, where each form-fitting edge displays a joint-sealing area in the area of the soft/resilient wear layer, and where the horizontal locking surfaces and the joint-sealing areas are coordinated in such a way that, in connected state of two floor panels, initial compression of the joint-sealing areas against each other can be produced and, as a result, a tightly sealed joint in the area of the soft/resilient wear layer.

Abstract: A resin sheet (100) is provided with a resin layer (120), and a passivation layer (110) laminated on one surface of the resin layer (120). The resin sheet (100) has a rectangular shape in a plan view. The periphery of the passivation layer (110) extends outward from the periphery of the resin layer (120). The resin layer (120) is provided with a flat section (121), and a slope section (122) wherein the thickness of the resin layer (120) gradually reduces toward the outside from the flat section (121). A difference between the resin thickness (d) of the boundary section (123) between the slope section (122) and the flat section (121) of the resin layer (120), and an average thickness (D) of the flat section (121) is 5% or less of the average thickness (D).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a detector is provided. The method includes using a removable double-faced adhesive film to bond a flat panel detector and a panel detector support.

Abstract: There is provided a seal for covering a hole in a disk drive housing. The seal includes a conductive layer, a primary dielectric layer, and a gasket layer. The conductive layer has a covered surface region and an exposed planar surface region. The exposed planar surface region is lacking a dielectric coating disposed thereon. The primary dielectric layer includes an adhesive coating disposed between the primary dielectric layer and the covered surface region. The gasket layer includes first and second adhesive gasket layer sides and a gasket opening disposed through the gasket layer.

Abstract: A drawing apparatus includes a charged particle optical system, a first measurement device including an image taking optical system and configured to measure a position of a reference mark in a first direction, a second measurement device configured to measure a position of the reference mark in the first direction based on an amount of charged particle beams that arrives thereat from the reference mark on which the charged particle beam are incident. The reference mark includes a first region having a first edge inclined with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a second region having a second edge parallel to the second direction. A processor obtains a baseline based on measurement result with respect to the first region obtained by the first measurement device and measurement result with respect to the second region obtained by the second measurement device.

Abstract: A door panel 1 has a peripheral frame 10 of extruded aluminum and a honeycomb core of plastics material tubes 11. An outer skin 2 of fiber-reinforced polyetherimide material is recessed with a pattern 3 formed in a preliminary operation of vacuum/pressure forming at elevated temperature. An inner skin 4 is plane. Edge channel members 5 of similarly formed, but thicker material are arranged around the edges of the door, enclosing the aluminum frame. A non-woven, polyester based scrim 6 extends across either side of the core and over the flanges 7 of the edge channels. For bonding of the core, skin and edge channels together, the assembly is placed in a jig and compressed at elevated temperature in a heated press. The core is crushed at the recessed pattern 3 and the scrim melts and acts as a hot melt adhesive. On cooling of the press platens, the assembled door is removed from the jig.

Abstract: A sputtering target which is composed of a sintered body of an oxide which contains at least indium, tin, and zinc and includes a spinel structure compound of Zn2SnO4 and a bixbyite structure compound of In2O3. A sputtering target includes indium, tin, zinc, and oxygen with only a peak ascribed to a bixbyite structure compound being substantially observed by X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Abstract: A window buck/drywall panel assembly comprising a window buck having a cross-section where the cross-section defines a right trapezoid, where the window buck includes a window buck beveled edge; and a drywall panel having a cross-section where the cross-section defines a right trapezoid, where the drywall panel includes a drywall beveled edge, and the window buck and the drywall panel are secured to one another such that the window buck beveled edge and the drywall beveled edge are in contact with one another.

Abstract: An apparatus having reduced phononic coupling between a graphene monolayer and a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes an aerogel substrate and a monolayer of graphene coupled to the aerogel substrate.

Abstract: A display screen apparatus having a viewing region and a peripheral region surrounding the viewing region includes: a light transmissive substrate having inner and outer surfaces; and a light cured material layer disposed on the inner surface of the light transmissive substrate and having a peripheral portion corresponding in position to the peripheral region of the display screen apparatus. The peripheral portion is formed with a plurality of pores therein.

Abstract: A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges.

Abstract: A wrapping material for use with existing wrapping equipment or balers for wrapping bales of agricultural produce or other items are disclosed. The base wrapping material may be a netting, film, or combination thereof. The wrapping material includes a plurality of pre-defined, discrete, spaced-apart adhesive areas disposed on each side of the opposing sides of the wrapping material. The longitudinal spacing of the adhesive areas allows the wrapping material to be rolled onto a roll core so that the discrete spaced-apart adhesive areas contact only non-adhesive areas of the wrapping material thereby forming a first level of adhesion that easily allows the wrapping material to be released and unrolled. When wrapping an item, corresponding discrete adhesive areas come into face-to-face contact thereby forming a second level of adhesion that is stronger than the first level of adhesion.

Abstract: A methodology for adhesively attaching a barrier sheet to a motor vehicle inside door panel. A plurality of adhesive beds are disposed on the attachment face of a barrier sheet, whereby pressure applied to the barrier sheet causes the adhesive beads to wet-out with respect to the door inside panel and mergingly wet-out with respect to each other so as to thereby form an adhesive band. Visual inspection of the continuity of the merged wet-out through the barrier sheet provides installer feedback regarding installation integrity.

Abstract: A sheet insulator is attached to an item of wearing apparel to provide thermal insulation. The sheet insulator has a fiber reinforced aerogel composite encapsulated within a plastic sheeting. The plastic sheeting is secured to the aerogel composite, surface to surface. The plastic sheeting and the aerogel composite have surface upsets such as elongated depressions or burrows positioned and oriented at a flexing position of the wearing apparel so that the sheet insulator is able to flex with the apparel enabling a more natural movement of the apparel.

Abstract: A laminated web from which diaper closure elements may be punched is made by first applying at least two pairs longitudinally extending and transversely spaced bend-resistant strips to a first longitudinally extending nonwoven tape. Then a respective longitudinally extending strip of an elastically stretchable polymer is applied to the first nonwoven tape between each of the pairs of the bend-resistant strips with the polymer strip partially overlapping both of the bend-resistant strips of the respective pair. A second longitudinally extending nonwoven tape that covers and extends transversely to both sides of the polymer strip is applied over the bend-resistant strips and the polymer strips to form a laminate with the polymer strip between the first and second nonwoven tapes.

Abstract: Processes of forming or repairing a structure used in a high temperature application are provided whereby a refractory article lining that is glazed on a face closest to a structure wall is used to form or replace a portion of the refractory surface in such a structure. The refractory articles may be chemically and/or mechanically bonded to an adhesive mortar capable of chemically reacting with the material used to form the brick to form a high strength, substantially monolithic surface that resists penetration by flux salts dramatically increasing the life of the repair. The process allows for low cost, long lasting repair of structures used in high temperature applications that was previously unrealizable. Also provided are refractory articles with a glaze coating on at least a portion thereof that prevents flux salt penetration. The refractory articles are optionally used in a system along with a complementary adhesive mortar.

Abstract: A process for producing a molded fiber-reinforced resin by an RTM method includes disposing a molding precursor in a molding cavity of a mold; closing the mold in which the molding precursor is disposed; injecting a heated and pressurized resin into the molding cavity of the mold closed; solidifying the resin injected into the molding cavity; opening the mold after the resin has been solidified; and taking out the molded fiber-reinforced resin from the mold opened.

Abstract: A canopy sheet material for use over growing plants such as grape or berry or other fruit vines has higher water permeability in a longitudinally extending substantially center lengthwise part (33) than in lengthwise side parts (34). In use rain falling on the canopy runs down the side parts (34) and drains through the center part (33) to approximately the center of each tree or vine which keeps water away from the fruit under the less water permeable side parts (34).

Abstract: A sintered cubic boron nitride tool can perform stable machining without causing any defect for a long lifetime even under a high-load cutting condition and a high-efficiency cutting condition.

Abstract: A strengthened glass block cut from a mother glass substrate is provided. The mother glass substrate is given a preliminary chemically strengthening treatment, the strengthened glass block has a preliminary strengthened surface area and a newly-born surface area, and the newly-born surface area is formed as a result of a machining or material removing treatment. A chemically strengthened layer formed as a result of a secondary chemically strengthening treatment is formed in at least the newly-born surface area.

Abstract: A continuous process for making a multi-panel sterilization assembly, the process including the steps of: providing a moving, continuous base web; providing a plurality of subassemblies; applying the subassemblies in position on the moving, continuous base web to define repeating portions that incorporate the subassemblies and alternating portions that lack such subassemblies; providing side tabs; applying the side tabs in position on the moving, continuous base web with respect to at least one edge of the portions that incorporate the subassemblies; attaching the subassemblies and the side tabs to the moving, continuous base web to form a continuous work-piece; and separating the continuous work-piece into individual multi-panel sterilization assemblies, each multi-panel sterilization assembly comprising a barrier panel, a fold protection panel and at least one side tab.

Abstract: Edge stiffened corrugated polymeric sheet material can be utilized as storm panels for mounting about a perimeter surface of an opening so as to protect the opening from wind and impact loads. The panels can include a corrugated sheet material having a corrugated contiguous band horizontally extending at about an end of the top and the bottom, wherein the corrugated contiguous band is complementary and contiguous to the plurality of corrugations of the corrugated sheet panel. The complementary and contiguous corrugated band can be configured to sandwich the sheet material. The panel may also include, individually or in combination, a contiguous band sandwiching the polymeric sheet material at a terminal end of each side and extending vertically from the top to the bottom. The panels provide wind and impact load protection for the opening.

Abstract: A method of forming a fabric preform for a composite component from a fabric having a plurality of hoop tows is disclosed. One end of the fabric is received on the form such that the hoop tows of the fabric extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a central axis of the form. The fabric is wrapped around the form and at least some of the hoop tows are separated into hoop tow segments while the fabric is under a tension to enable a space to develop between ends of adjacent hoop tow segments along the length of the hoop tow. This separation of adjacent hoop tow segments accommodates increased deformation of the fabric during formation of the fabric preform while still maintaining a presence of hoop tow segments in at least portions of the fabric.

Abstract: An insert for sealing and acoustic damping of a longitudinal cavity having an interior surface, comprising: a) one or more carrier plates made of a polymeric material (A) which does not deform when heated to a temperature not higher than 180° C. and which comprises a main polymer (A1) which gives mechanical strength to the carrier plate, and—at least one vibration-damping polymer (A2), and b) a thermally expandable material (B). The vibration-damping polymer (A2) is preferably selected from the group comprising: thermoplastic polyurethanes, styrene/butadiene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene/butadiene block copolymers, styrene/isoprene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene/isoprene block copolymers, styrene/isoprene/styrene tri-block copolymers, and hydrogenated styrene/isoprene/styrene tri-block copolymers.

Abstract: An exemplary system, method of making, of use, for providing a hard shell cover for covering objects, boats, and like. Hard shell cover is disclosed as comprising, inter alia, a material layer 202, a material layer 204, and a material layer 206, and a transition region. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, configured, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to further improve or otherwise optimize material and design performance or other material characteristics. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention representatively provide for hard cover components, methods of making and use that may be readily incorporated with existing technologies for the improvement of covers, packaging of objects, form factors, weights and/or other manufacturing, device or material performance metrics.

Abstract: A part that has an asymmetrical edge coated with a decorative or protective coating. The part is coated with an apparatus that includes a film dispenser, a film retriever, a mandrel; and a part holder. Preferably one or both of the mandrel and the part holder move in an angular relationship to one another, and the film dispenser and the film retriever move co-operatively in at least two dimensions with respect to the part holder. There is further provided a film having a first edge and a second edge, and the film can be a decorative coating, a protective coating or combinations of these. The film dispenser holds the first edge of the film, the film is positioned between the mandrel and the part holder and the film retriever holds the film second edge.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a display glass substrate capable of reducing poor film application and a method for manufacturing the same. The display glass substrate is a display glass substrate 20 for use in a flat panel display constituted of two main surfaces and four end faces. In this display glass substrate, when one main surface is set horizontal, the substrate end portion area 21 of at least one main surface existing in the range of 1˜30 mm inwardly of the substrate end E0 thereof has an elevation difference of 15 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multi-functional insert, especially a multi-functional insert consisting of a fixation insert (1) made of at least one layer of a flat material that is formed into a spatial shape that contains spatially raised edges (6) and the central part (7), which is compressed, which contains at least one supplementary carrying means (2) and/or supplementary packing means (3).

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool having excellent abrasion resistance and defect resistance is provided. The surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a covering layer, wherein the covering layer includes one or two or more sublayers, a thickness T1 of a portion of the covering layer having the smallest thickness in a cutting edge line portion and a thickness T2 of the covering layer at a point 1 mm away from a cutting edge line in a rake face direction in a cross section cut by a particular plane satisfy T1<T2, and a point a on the surface of the covering layer a distance Da away from the cutting edge line in the rake face direction and a point b on the surface of the covering layer a distance Db away from the cutting edge line in a flank face direction satisfy particularly numerical ranges of Da and Db, and in 10% or more of a region E of the covering layer having a thickness in the range of 0.1 T1 to 0.

Abstract: A floor panel with a coating structure is described, said floor panel has improved fire protection properties. For this purpose, a fire-resistant layer is built into to layered structure of the panel and a coating is provided along the edges of the panel.