Abstract: Disclosed is a protective cover for an electronic device that is made from an elastomeric material that simultaneously provides cushioning that would otherwise be provided by a softer, thicker material, while utilizing a single, denser material that provides a slim profile and has sufficient density to conform well to the electronic device and prevent the transmission of impacts with hard surfaces directly to the electronic device. Although a denser material is used for the protective cover, recesses are formed in thicker portions at impact points that create compressible ribs. The ribs provide softer, cushioned portions of the cover in the impact areas, which are capable of absorbing the shock and energy of impacts. Other protective covers have a uniform thickness.

Abstract: An abrasive article includes a body having an abrasive portion. The abrasive portion includes a bond material and abrasive particles located within the bond material. The body also comprises a coating coupled to and overlying at least a portion of an exterior surface of the abrasive portion. The coating has a water vapor transmission rate of not greater than about 2 g/m2-day.

Abstract: A caul system for a composite structure having one or more core elements includes a lattice grid hard caul selectively locatable at a portion of the composite structure without core elements. The caul system further includes a soft caul selectively locatable at a portion of the composite structure having a core element. A method of forming a composite structure with one or more core elements includes locating a first laminate in a tool and locating one or more core elements over the first laminate. A second laminate is located over the one or more core elements. A lattice grid hard caul is placed over the second laminate, avoiding locations having core elements of the one or more core elements disposed thereat. A soft caul is located over the one or more core elements, thereby preventing deformation of the one or more core elements.

Abstract: A crosslinked polyolefin resin foam, wherein a C4-12 ?-olefin-copolymerized, linear, low-density polyethylene resin (Y) and a low-density polyethylene resin (X) other than the resin (Y), the content of the resin (X) is lower than that of the resin (Y); the sum of (X) and (Y) is 50% or more and 100% or less based on 100% of all components; 50% compressive hardness is 70kPa or less; when the foam is divided in the thickness direction into equal four layers (A), (B), (C) and (D) in this order from one face side of the foam, and 50% compressive hardnesses of layers (A) and (D) are “compressive hardness (a)” and “compressive hardness (d),” respectively, the ratio of (a) to (d) is 1/20 to 1/2; and air permeability in the thickness direction is less than 0.9 L/min.

Abstract: A medical/technical device comprised of at least two materials. The materials are connected at least partially to each other permanently by a manufacturing process.

Abstract: A patch for reworking an inconsistent area in a composite structure includes a composite laminate patch and a layer of adhesive for bonding the laminate patch to the composite structure. The laminate patch has at least first and second regions for releasing strain energy around the inconsistent area respectively at different rates.

Abstract: A plastic optical component includes a base member made of a first plastic, and a covering member disposed over a surface of the plastic member. The covering member is made of a second plastic. The water absorption of the first plastic is lower than the water absorption of the second plastic.

Abstract: A layered polyester film includes a substrate polyester film with at least one surface laminated with a lamination layer including a polyester resin as a primary component, the surface of the lamination layer having a wetting tension of 35-45 mN/m and the polyester resin contained in the lamination layer meeting (a) to (c): (a) the lamination layer contains polyesters (A) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 110-140° C. and polyesters (B) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 40-90° C., (b) at least either polyesters (A) or polyesters (B) contains both a monomer having a sulfonic acid component and a monomer having a tri or higher-valent, carboxylic acid component, and (c) the mixing ratio between polyesters (A) and polyesters (B) is 10/90 to 60/40.

Abstract: A laminated film is provided which exhibits excellent durability even when formed over a surface of a member (in particular, sliding member) to be used under a high pressure of contacted surface of 2.0 GPa or more. The laminated film includes an intermediate layer which contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a carbide, a boride, and a boron carbide compound of a metal element, and which has a hardness measured by a nanoindentation method (hereinafter referred to as a “nanoindentation hardness”) of not less than 20 GPa nor more than 35 GPa and a thickness of not less than 5 ?m nor more than 10 ?m, and a diamond-like carbon film which is formed over the intermediate layer, and which has a nanoindentation hardness of not less than 25 GPa nor more than 35 GPa and a thickness of not less than 0.3 ?m nor more than 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: There are provided a base material-less double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet without warping due to shrinkage of a base material after heat treatment, and having good peelability in heat peeling, and a method for manufacturing electronic parts or semiconductors by using the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. A heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which is a base material-less double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a heat-expandable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing heat-expandable microspheres and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer different from the heat-expandable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and laminated thereon, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a higher elastic modulus than the heat-expandable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flexographic printing plate precursor in which formation of cracks and wrinkles in an infrared ablation layer is suppressed and the scratch resistance of the layer is improved. The precursor includes a support, photosensitive resin layer, and an infrared ablation layer that are laminated in the order presented. The binder polymer contained in the infrared ablation layer contains a polymer (A) and an acrylic resin (B). The polymer (A) contains the same structural unit as the structural unit contained in the binder polymer in the photosensitive resin layer. The mass ratio (A/B) of the component (A) with respect to the component (B) is within a range of 1/3 to 3/1. The difference between a plastic hardness (Ha) of the infrared ablation layer and a plastic hardness (Hb) of the photosensitive resin layer is 30 mN/mm2 or smaller.

Abstract: A hard, transparent coating for a substrate and associated method for coating is disclosed. The coating includes alternating layers of a soft coating and a hard coating. The coating further includes a sensor. The electrical resistivity of the sensor may be measured to determine if the coating has been degraded. The coating may further include a hydrophobic outer layer.

Abstract: A modular plastic floor tile has a body of a first polymer compound and features overmolded onto the body from a second polymer compound. The compounds may be different from each other in hardness and/or color. The features may include raised pads on the upper surface and/or skins on support member cores downwardly depending from the tile lower surface. The pads on the upper surface may be injection-molded from the lower surface through through-holes. Lateral edges of the tile are provided with latches which fit into loops with an interference fit. The loops flex in order to impose a compressive force on mating tile edges. The tile may have an overmolded peripheral seal.

Abstract: An erosion resistant and hydrophobic article includes a core that has a first hardness and a surface on the core. The surface includes a plurality of geometric features that have a second, greater hardness. The geometric features define a surface porosity by area percent and a corresponding surface solidity by area percent. The surface includes a ratio of the surface solidity divided by the surface porosity that is 1.8 or greater. The geometric features and the ratio establish the surface to be hydrophobic, and the second, greater hardness and the ratio establish an erosion rate of the surface that is equal to or less than an erosion rate of the core under identical erosion conditions.

Abstract: A high strength gear used as an element of a power transmission mechanism. The gear includes a base gear formed of an iron-based alloy subjected to carburizing or carbonitriding treatment. The base gear has an engaging surface with which an opposite gear is engaged. The engaging surface of the base gear is coated with a first diamond-like carbon film which has a hydrogen content of not more than 10 atomic % and a surface hardness ranging from 8 to 30 GPa in a nano-indentation test. Additionally, at least a part of the first diamond-like carbon film is coated with a second diamond-like carbon film which has a hydrogen content of not more than 10 atomic % and a surface hardness ranging from 50 to 90 GPa in the nano-indentation test. The second diamond-like carbon film has a surface roughness Ra ranging from 0.1 to 0.2 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body that can reduce the occurrence of curling and has excellent workability when being affixed to a polarizing element or a display panel. The present invention provides an optical layered body having a hard coat layer on one side of a triacetylcellulose substrate, wherein a Martens hardness (N1) of the surface of the hard coat layer, a Martens hardness (N2) of the center of the cross-section of the hard coat layer, and a Martens hardness (N3) of the center of the cross-section of the triacetylcellulose substrate as measured by nanoindentation at a load of 10 mN are as follows: the Martens hardness (N1) is 200 to 450 N/mm2; the Martens hardness (N2) is 100 to 300 N/mm2; and the Martens hardness (N3) is 150 to 250 N/mm2.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of functional film comprising the steps of: a first step of feeding a lengthy substrate with self-support including a first laminate film on a back side, forming an organic film on a front side of the substrate while transferring the substrate, providing a second laminate film on a surface of the organic film, and taking up the substrate into a film roll; and a second step of loading the film roll on a vacuum deposition apparatus, continuously feeding the substrate including the first laminate film and the second laminate film from the film roll, removing the second laminate film while transferring the substrate, forming an inorganic film over the organic film of the substrate, and taking up the substrate into a film roll.

Abstract: An adherent coating for carbide and ceramic substrates employs a thin layer between the substrate and a subsequent layer or layers. The thin layer may be employed without thermal cracking due to heat during use, such as for the insert of a cutting tool, because the upper layer or layers provide a gradual transition of material properties to a harder, less thermally conductive material on the outermost layer. A particular arrangement of layers on the carbide or ceramic substrate may be, from innermost to outermost layer, hafnium nitride, titanium carbide, aluminum oxide, and titanium nitride.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body having excellent hardness, abrasion resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides an optical layered body having a hard coat layer on one side of a triacetylcellulose substrate, wherein a Martens hardness (N1) of a surface of the hard coat layer, a Martens hardness (N2) of the center of the cross-section of the hard coat layer, and a Martens hardness (N3) of the center of the cross-section of the triacetylcellulose substrate have a relationship of N2>N1>N3 as determined by nanoindentation, and the hard coat layer has a pencil hardness of 4H or more as measured by a test in accordance with a pencil hardness test defined in JIS K5600-5-4 (1999) at a load of 4.9 N.

Abstract: A silicon nitride cutting tool comprising a sintered product is disclosed. The sintered product comprises silicon nitride, at least one rare earth element compound, and a magnesium compound. The silicon nitride cutting tool further comprises a surface region and an inside region comprising the sintered product with varying content ratios of component compounds to provide enhanced wear and fracture resistance.

Abstract: The invention provides a friction joining structure comprising steel products, a friction joining steel plate inserted there between, and a fastening device, which are mutually friction joined by a compressive force derived from the fastening device. A portion of projected streaks on the friction joining steel plate is designed to have a Vickers hardness at least 3 times greater than the surface of the steel products, which allows the projected streaks to more easily enter the steel products thereby increasing the friction coefficient between the steel products. The friction joining structure is constituted by a slip resistance mechanism which can be easily validated from a theoretical or an experimental point of view and is also small in variance of the friction coefficient. Therefore, a friction coefficient used in design can be set at a high value with high accuracy to realize a rational design.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing pad that comprises a polishing sheet for polishing a substrate, a buffer sheet comprising a plurality of holes, and adhesive for adhering the buffer sheet to the polishing sheet; wherein the adhesive is formed by polymerizing macromolecules with fluidity. A method of polishing a substrate comprising using the polishing pad and a method for manufacturing the polishing pad described above are also provided.

Abstract: In one aspect, a transparent laminate, including a transparent material layer, a transparent high-elasticity layer laminated on both sides of the transparent material layer and having Young's modulus of less than or equal to about 10 MPa, and a transparent high-hardness layer sequentially laminated on the transparent high-elasticity layer that is laminated on both sides of the transparent material layer and having a surface hardness of greater than or equal to a pencil hardness of about 6 H is provided.

Abstract: Multilayer polymeric films which may be useful for protecting the leading edges of aircraft from rain and sand erosion are presented. Typical surface protection films comprising two or more layers of a first material alternating with one or more layers of a second material, wherein the first and second materials are different materials, wherein the first and second materials comprise first and second polymers, wherein the first and second materials have a first and second Shore hardness, and wherein the first Shore hardness is greater than the second Shore hardness by more than 5 A or more typically more than 10 A.

Abstract: A golf ball including an inner core layer formed from a thermoset rubber composition and having a first surface hardness; a thermoplastic outer core layer having a second surface hardness, an inner surface hardness, and being formed from a copolymer of ethylene and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, an organic acid or salt thereof, and sufficient cation source to fully-neutralize the acid groups of the copolymer; an inner cover layer; and an outer cover layer; wherein the first surface hardness is substantially the same as the second surface hardness and the inner surface hardness.

Abstract: An exterior for an object includes: a base portion; an underlying layer disposed over the base portion; and a hard coat layer disposed over the underlying layer, the hard coat layer including a plurality of layers that have different hardnesses and are laminated each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft protection device for protecting potentially exposed aircraft structures from direct impacts and a method of protecting an exposed edge of an aircraft component. The method includes the steps of winding filament around a foam core to create an impact protection device. A portion of the filament winding and foam core is removed from the impact protection device to create a receiving section whereby the receiving section is configured to correspond to and receive the exposed edge of the aircraft component. The impact protection device is secured to the exposed edge of the aircraft component such that the exposed edge is received in the receiving portion of the impact protection device.

Abstract: A multi-ply paper substrate is provided, which comprises at least two plies bonded to one another by an adhesive; a basis weight of 80-200 gsm; an internal bond of 10-180 milli-ft.-lb/sq. in. as measured by TAPPI method 541; an MD tensile of 20-300 lbf/inch width as measured by TAPPI method 494; and a CD tensile of 10-300 lbf/inch width as measured by TAPPI method 494. Methods of making and using the paper substrate, products made therefrom, and uses of the paper substrate are also provided.

Abstract: A modular plastic floor tile has a body of a first polymer compound and features overmolded onto the body from a second polymer compound. The compounds may be different from each other in hardness and/or color. The features may include skins on support member cores disposed below the tile lower surface. The skins adhere to the bottom and at least a portion of the sidewall of the support member core.

Abstract: A foam pad structure for helmets comprising a hard foam layer and a soft foam layer wherein the hard foam layer and the soft foam layer contain holes or channels scattered throughout the hard foam layer and the soft foam layer in a pattern so as to scatter an incoming pressure wave. A method of mitigating an incoming pressure wave comprising creating through-holes or channels in a soft foam layer, creating through-holes or channels in a hard foam layer, placing the hard foam layer inside a helmet shell, and placing the soft foam layer on the hard foam layer.

Abstract: A traction member for use with driving pulleys, consisting of one or more load-bearing elements and a plastics part which is arranged between the load-bearing elements and a force-transmission surface of the traction member. The overall friction value results from the fact that the force-transmission surface, which comes into contact with the driving pulley, has at least two regions, and that these regions are formed from different materials A and B having different coefficients of friction. The regions are in the form of strips in the longitudinal direction of the traction member. The carrier material A is softer and has a higher coefficient of friction and the further materials B1, B2, B3 etc. are each harder and each have a lower coefficient of friction. Preferably, the materials A, B1, B2, B3 etc. are applied in one work step by extrusion.

Abstract: A transfer roll includes a cylindrical conductive substrate; an inner elastic layer having an Asker-C hardness of from 5° to 20°; and an outer elastic layer having an Asker-C hardness of from 30° to 45° in this order, wherein the transfer roll satisfies the following Expression (1): ?0(in)>?0(out) ??Expression (1): wherein ?0(in) is a volume resistivity of the inner elastic layer that is measured by applying an applied voltage of 1000 V in an environment of a temperature of 22° C. and a humidity of 55 RH % in an unloaded state, and ?0(out) is a volume resistivity of the outer elastic layer that is measured by applying an applied voltage of 1000 V in an environment of a temperature of 22° C. and a humidity of 55 RH % in an unloaded state.

Abstract: A display panel assembly is made by optically bonding a display panel and a substantially transparent substrate. Optical bonding is carried out by forming an optical bonding layer having regions of different physical properties.

Abstract: A protective sheet for a touch panel includes first to nth base films formed of optical, highly transparent films, first to nth primer layers formed by applying a synthetic resin having bonding characteristics to one surface of each of the first to nth base films, first to nth protective layers made of a synthetic resin including a hardening agent and formed on a surface of each of the first to nth primer layers to protect the first to nth base films, and a first to nth unit protective units including first to nth adhesive layers formed on the outer surface of each of the first to nth base films, wherein adhesive strength of the first to nth adhesive layers are sequentially reduced such that the first adhesive layer has the highest adhesive strength and the nth adhesive layer has the lowest adhesive strength.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a display window member for a portable terminal includes: fabricating a surface sheet to be attached to a surface of the window member; introducing the surface sheet into a mold; and molding the body of the window member by pouring poly synthetic resin into the mold, and at the same time, attaching the surface sheet to the outer surface of the body. Since the window member fabrication method employs a dual injection molding using polymer synthetic resin, the fabrication method can easily reduce the weight of the window member compared to the conventional fabrication method using a glass material only and can reinforce the surface hardness of the window member while easily fabricating the window member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastics composite encompassing at least one hard component whose modulus of elasticity is greater than or equal to 1000 MPa and one soft component whose modulus of elasticity is less than or equal to 500 MPa, where the hard and the soft component have electrical conductivity, and where the bond strength of the composite is at least 0.5 N/mm2.

Abstract: An organic resin laminate comprising an organic resin substrate and a multilayer coating system thereon has UV-shielding property and high mar resistance. The multilayer coating system includes an outermost layer (I) resulting from plasma polymerization of an organosilicon compound, a lower layer (II) of a silicone coating composition comprising composite oxide nanoparticle dispersion, silicone resin, curing catalyst, and solvent, and optionally a bottom layer (III) of acrylic resin.

Abstract: A polyurethane composite material and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The method for forming the polyurethane composite material includes forming a leather layer having a polyester resin; and forming a foam encapsulating at least an implant in the mold. The polyurethane composite material has the leather layer, which is formed on a surface of the foam, and the foam is formed by polyurethane, and the hardness of the leather layer is 3 H to 5 H and more than the hardness of the foam. The polyurethane composite material of the present invention has a leather layer, so as to avoid pores or cracks on a surface of final products, reduce additional processing, improve production rate, and enhance strength of final products.

Abstract: A construction structure includes a substrate made of a concrete material and has an external surface, and a reinforcement attachment made of a metallic material having an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface. The attachment is secured to the substrate with the inwardly facing surface bonded to the external surface of the substrate, and has first portions and second portions. At least one of the surfaces of a first portion of the attachment is pre-treated and attached to the substrate such that when the construction structure is under loading the first portion(s) block(s) or reduce(s) spreading of strain sustained by the attachment along the attachment to avoid or at least delay complete detachment of reinforcement from substrate.

Abstract: A sliding element, in particular a piston ring, preferably made of cast iron or steel, has a coating which has a plurality of layers of CrN (14) and a-C:H:Me coatings (16) alternately. In a method for coating the sliding element, in particular a piston ring, preferably made of cast iron or steel, a plurality of layers of CrN and a-C:H:Me coatings are applied alternately.

Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier film produced by according to a roll-to-roll process which is excellent in gas barrier performance. The gas barrier film is produced by providing, as a topmost layer on a second surface of the substrate film, a low-hardness layer having a pencil hardness lower by two or more grades than the pencil hardness of the organic layer; and providing the organic layer on the first surface of the substrate film.

Abstract: A method to create a multi-zone microstructure spring includes releasing a buckling layer from a substrate, wherein the buckling layer displaces into a curved shape after the releasing. The buckling layer is displaced, relative to the substrate, through at least one of a first zone, a second zone, and a third zone, wherein the buckling layer provides positive stiffness in the first zone, zero stiffness in a second zone, and negative stiffness in a third zone, and the buckling layer must pass through the first zone to reach the second zone and the buckling layer must pass through the second zone to reach the third zone. A multi-zone microstructure spring includes a substrate and a buckling layer. The buckling layer has a surface area. The buckling layer has a positive stiffness in a first zone, zero stiffness in a second zone, and a negative stiffness in a third zone.

Abstract: A modular plastic floor tile has a body of a first polymer compound and features overmolded onto the body from a second polymer compound. The compounds may be different from each other in hardness and/or color. The features may include raised pads on the upper surface and/or skins on support member cores downwardly depending from the tile lower surface. The pads on the upper surface may be injection-molded from the lower surface through through-holes. Lateral edges of the tile are provided with latches which fit into loops with an interference fit. The loops flex in order to impose a compressive force on mating tile edges. The tile may have an overmolded peripheral seal.

Abstract: A diamond-like carbon film for sliding parts which is applied to the sliding surface of sliding parts, the diamond-like carbon film including at least two layers, one being a lower layer of diamond-like carbon (referred to as DLC hereinafter) and the other being an upper layer of DLC placed thereon, wherein the lower layer has a hardness no lower than 20 GPa and no higher than 45 GPa, a Young's modulus no lower than 250 GPa and no higher than 450 GPa, and a thickness no smaller than 0.2 ?m and no larger than 4.0 ?m, and the upper layer has a hardness no lower than 5 GPa and lower than 20 GPa, a Young's modulus no lower than 60 GPa and no higher than 240 GPa, and a thickness no smaller than 1.0 ?m and no larger than 10 ?m. The diamond-like carbon film has both good durability and low frictional coefficient.

Abstract: Resilient flooring materials made from impregnated papers or foils and core materials are provided. As well, the methods for producing such products are provided. In particular, panels, with a layered structure, created by forming an assembly which consists of laminating a heat-activated resin impregnated decorative layer with printed graphics or a wood veneer decorative layer, a core material made up of one or more heat-activated resin-impregnated papers or other materials including linoleum, natural or synthetic rubber, cork, flexible natural fiber composites or other core materials, and a heat-activated resin impregnated paper backing layer. The heat-activated resin also acts to waterproof each of the layers and abrasion particles may be incorporated to improve wear properties. The panels may also be formed into three-dimensional products.

Abstract: A display panel assembly is made by optically bonding a display panel and a substantially transparent substrate.

Abstract: An organic resin laminate comprising an organic resin substrate and a multilayer coating system thereon has UV-shielding property and high mar resistance. The multilayer coating system includes an outermost layer (I) resulting from plasma polymerization of an organosilicon compound, a lower layer (II) of a silicone coating composition comprising composite oxide nanoparticle dispersion, silicone resin, curing catalyst, and solvent, and optionally a bottom layer (III) of acrylic resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a cemented carbide body comprising providing: (1) a grain refiner compound comprising a grain refiner and carbon and/or nitrogen, and, (2) a grain growth promoter, on at least one portion of the surface of a compact of a WC-based starting material comprising one or more hard-phase components and a binder, and then sintering the compact. The invention also relates to a cemented carbide body comprising a WC-based hard phase and a binder phase, wherein at least one part of an intermediate surface zone has a lower average binder content than a part further into the body, and at least one part of an upper surface zone has in average a larger average WC grain size than the intermediate surface zone. The cemented carbide body can be used as a cutting tool insert for metal machining, an insert for a mining tool, or a coldforming tool.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cleaning device comprising a cleaning composition and a substrate. The cleaning composition comprises an absorbent particulate, a binding agent, and optionally, a thickening agent. The cleaning composition may be applied to a substrate, such as a textile substrate, by applying the composition to at least one portion of the surface of the substrate or by incorporating the composition throughout the substrate. The absorbent particulate generally exhibits a high affinity for particles, color, grease, oil, and other staining materials and is a soft material which allows for gentle cleaning of most surfaces without detrimentally abrading and scratching soiled surfaces. The absorbent particulate also serves as an indicator providing a visual cue of its cleaning efficacy and may be used in either a wet or dry state.

Abstract: A composite contains a binder, at least one layer of a soft carbon fiber felt, and at least one layer of a hard carbon fiber felt. The at least one layer of soft carbon fiber felt is joined via the binder to the at least one layer of hard carbon fiber felt.