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Document | Title | Date |
20080241478 | Decorative Products Created by Lazing Graphics and Patterns Directly on Substrates with Painted Surfaces - A painted surface is processed by a laser beam to remove at least one layer of paint. The surface that is exposed may be the raw substrate material, e.g., wood or wood laminate, or may be another painted surface. The laser may engrave a pattern, e.g. a wood grain pattern. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248252 | Piece Of Trim Having A Skin, And A Method Of Manufacturing It - The invention relates to a piece of trim comprising a visible skin ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080311348 | Resin Molded Article and Molding Method Thereof - An annular mount base | 12-18-2008 |
20090029109 | AEROGEL COMPOSITES - Aerogel composites and bonded aerogel composites are described. The aerogel composites include monolithic aerogel material located in cavities between a base layer and a structured layer that is bonded to the base layer. Additional layers may be bonded to the base layer and/or the structured layer to form bonded aerogel composites. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029110 | Nonslip floor for heavy traffic and the process for the obtaining thereof - This invention refers to synthetic decorative coverings in order to cover and protect trafficable surfaces. More specifically, it refers to a novel structure and composition of a nonslip floor for heavy traffic and the process for the obtaining thereof; characterized in that it consists of a multilayer structure, consisting of a first upper layer, highly resistant to wear and tear, consisting of a solid, color calendared film with an upper surface and a lower surface, where the upper surface has engravings or embossed patterns; a second layer of high resilience, consisting of a colored, foamed calendared film with an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface being thermoadhered to the lower surface of said first layer; a third layer of high adhesion to the surfaces whereupon it is placed, consisting of a mesh covered with foam, consisting of an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface being joined to the lower surface of said second layer of high resilience by means of an adhesive. Said third layer of high adhesion defines an upper surface including open spaces that grip to the surface where it is placed. | 01-29-2009 |
20090092793 | ALUMINUM/SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE AND RADIATING PART COMPRISING THE SAME - A base plate for power module, comprising an aluminum-silicon carbide composite and aluminum layers made of a metal containing aluminum as the main component formed on respective principal planes of the aluminum-silicon carbide composite, wherein the aluminum-silicon carbide composite is produced by forming or fabricating a flat plate-shaped silicon carbide porous body to have a thickness difference of at most 100 μm in the entire porous body and piling such porous bodies as they are each sandwiched between mold-releasing plates so that the fastening torque in the plane direction becomes from 1 to 20 Nm, and infiltrating a metal containing aluminum as the main component into the silicon carbide porous bodies, | 04-09-2009 |
20090130389 | PRE-APPLIED PROTECTIVE JACKETING TO GROOVED INSULATION - A V-grooved composite insulation is provided with an adhesive coating and a protective jacketing material bonded to the adhesive. The protective jacketing material extends beyond the perimeter of the grooved insulation board and comprises at least one intact release layer at a location in which the protective jacketing is clear of contact with the bottom surface of the insulation member and a pressure sensitive adhesive between the portion of the protective jacketing material and the at least one release layer. The method also comprises preshaping the grooved insulation board around a pipe by bending the grooved insulation board, removing the release layer of the protective jacketing material, thereby exposing the pressure sensitive adhesive and securing the pressure sensitive adhesive to the protective jacketing to thereby surround the pipe in a vapor free manner. Grooved insulation boards with protective jacketing so constructed are also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20090142551 | Composite Material, Method of Making and Articles Formed Thereby - A composite material, method of making and articles formed thereby. The composite material can comprise a gel-infused foam material. | 06-04-2009 |
20090155535 | Process for preparing thin layers of nanoporous dielectric materials - Process for preparing a thin layer of a nanoporous dielectric material with homogeneous porosity in which the following successive steps are performed:
| 06-18-2009 |
20090155536 | Printed Mat - A floor mat is provided having a top layer made with polyester felt capable of receiving printing by sublimation printing techniques, a bottom layer made with latex foam, and an adhesive layer between the top and bottom layers. The top layer includes a four color process printing applied thereon by sublimation of sublimation inks. The floor mat may further include a middle layer made with foam to provide extra cushioning for the floor mat. | 06-18-2009 |
20090169822 | ANTI-REFLECTION PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANTI-REFLECTION STRUCTURE THEREOF - A method for manufacturing an anti-reflection structure is provided. The method includes the following steps: First, a to-be-treated object is provided in a reactive area. Next, a plasma source is provided in the reactive area. Then, the plasma source is ionized to form plasma in atmospheric pressure. Next, the surface of the to-be-treated object is treated by plasma so as to form a plurality of micro-protuberances on the surface of the to-be-treated object. | 07-02-2009 |
20090252929 | FOAM MOLDING MOLD STRUCTURE, MOLDING METHOD OF FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT, AND FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT - In a state that a fixed mold and a movable mold are matched with each other, a molten resin is filled into a cavity. In this state, a movable nest is set in a position retired from a mold matching surface of the movable mold by a predetermined distance, its surface in a fixed mold side functioning as a cavity surface, and the molten resin is filled as far as a nest fitting portion. Then, only the movable mold is made to move backward in a mold opening direction (in an arrow direction in the drawing) by the predetermined distance to release a pressure and foam the molten resin, whereby a foam molded product is molded in which a strength of part thereof is improved. | 10-08-2009 |
20090263626 | DIE COATING APPARATUS, DIE COATING METHOD, AND ADHESIVE SHEET AND FOAMED SHEET - The present invention provides a die coating apparatus, which includes a die including an upstream-side bar and a downstream side-bar aligned with each other along a direction of transportation of a band-shaped support continuously transported by a backup roll so as to form a pocket for storing a coating solution and a slit serving as a feed-out path of the coating solution, the slit having an outlet for feeding out the coating solution stored in the pocket of the die therefrom to thereby coat the coating solution on the band-shaped support, in which the downstream-side bar has a lip having a divergent cross-sectional shape continuous in the direction of a width of the downstream-side bar, and an inclination angle θ of a side end part on the most downstream side of the lip of the downstream-side bar is within the range of 20° to 80°. | 10-22-2009 |
20090269551 | RESILIENT FLOOR COVERING WITH HIGH DENT RESISTANCE AND HIGH SOUNDPROOFING PERFORMANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A floor covering has a sub-layer that includes a flexible covering surface on which is provided a plurality of rigid or flexible projections. The projections are associated with a low-density foam, and foam surrounding the projections is higher than the projections while exposing the upper portion thereof. | 10-29-2009 |
20100021690 | Protective Pad and Method for Manufacturing Foam Structures with Uniform Pegs and Voids - An improved, impact energy dissipating foam pad and method for creating a foam pad that includes plurality of uniform pegs and holes in a closed cell foam substrate. A foam substrate plank is placed between two compression molds that includes a plurality of perpendicularly aligned pegs formed thereon. The compression mold's pins have sufficient length and are offset so that when the two compression molds are pressed together, the tips of the pegs on one compression mold penetrate the area located between two pins on the opposite compression mold. The compression molds are then pressed into the heated substrate plank. The two compression molds are then removed and the compressed substrate plank is allowed to cool causing the closed voids to be ‘set’. After cooling, the compressed substrate plank is then cut transversely along a line parallel to the plank's top and bottom surfaces and perpendicular to the closed voids. The two half foam substrates formed after cutting are then re-heated which causes the compressed voids to expand to their original size thereby forming two half foam substrates with alternating, uniform pegs and holes. | 01-28-2010 |
20100028608 | Impact Absorption Layer Having Excellent Impact Resistance And Film Having Use Of Impact Absorption Comprising The Same - There is provided a film having use of impact absorption capable of protecting a panel from impacts when the impacts are given to a display device, a window since it has an excellent ability to absorb impacts given to a surface of a display device, a window, or equivalent base plates. The impact absorption layer having a thickness of 30 or more has a hardness of 20 to 100 as measured at a room temperature using an Asker C hardness tester. Also, the film having use of impact absorption has excellent impact resistance and includes at least one layer, wherein the film includes at least one impact absorption layer having a hardness of 20 to 100 as measured at a room temperature using an Asker C hardness tester, the impact absorption layer having the total thickness of 30 or more. | 02-04-2010 |
20100040834 | Synthesis Of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon-Silicon Nanocomposites - A method for preparing ordered mesoporous silicon carbide (OMSiC) nanocomposites uses an evaporation-induced self-assembly of a precursor composition that preferably includes a phenolic resin, pre-hydrolyzed tetraethyl orthosilicate, a surfactant, and butanol. The precursor mixture is dried, cross-linked and heated to form ordered mesoporous silicon carbide material having discrete domains of ordered, mesoscale pores. | 02-18-2010 |
20100151206 | Method for Removal of Carbon From An Organosilicate Material - Described herein is a method for removing at least a portion of the carbon-containing species within an organosilicate (OSG) film by treating the OSG film with a chemical, such as but not limited to an oxidizer, exposing the OSG film to an energy source comprising ultraviolet light, or treating the OSG film with a chemical and exposing the OSG film to an energy source. | 06-17-2010 |
20100183847 | Alternating pattern gel cushioning elements and related methods - An alternating pattern gel cushioning device and methods for making the same. The gel pattern may be two or three dimensional. The devices may be zoned or stacked. The device may be made by a variety of methods including roller molding, open face molding, injection molding, casting, extrusion, compression molding and other methods. | 07-22-2010 |
20100255256 | PANEL COMPRISING INSULATING FOAM CORE - An insulating panel | 10-07-2010 |
20100304089 | Manufactured Wood Boards Having a Distressed Appearance - The present invention is a wood-based product utilized in forming various structures and other items. The product includes a piece of wood disposed on the exposed surface of the product that has been embossed with a desired pattern to give the product a desired appearance, such as a distressed or weathered appearance. The wood piece used in the product is embossed at a sufficient temperature and pressure to create the desired appearance in the wood piece. Additionally the product can be formed completely or only partially from the wood piece. | 12-02-2010 |
20110039073 | DAMPING SKIN FOR PROTECTING COMPOSITE PARTS - Damping skin for protecting composite parts includes a composite material having at least two superposed layers, namely a first layer formed from the juxtaposition of hollow spheres, which is intended to be applied and fixed, either directly or indirectly, to the surface of the part to be protected and a second layer covering the first and formed from a wall made of a material having plastic deformation properties. | 02-17-2011 |
20110117324 | MICRO PROTRUSION-DEPRESSION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A hydrophobic liquid containing a dispersion medium and fine particles is prepared. The fine particles have insolubility of a certain level in a predetermined liquid having a hydrophobic character. The hydrophobic liquid is applied to a support to be a film thereon. Wet gas is blown to the film. Water vapor is condensed from ambient air on a surface of the film to generate water drops thereon. A dispersion medium evaporating gas is blown to the film, such that the dispersion medium is evaporated from the film. A water drop evaporating gas is blown to the film, such that the water drops are evaporated from the film. Accordingly, the water drops function as the template for forming pores, such that the pores are formed on a micro protrusion-depression structure constituted by the fine particles. | 05-19-2011 |
20110171428 | FORMING METHOD AND THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A forming method includes: drawing, using a liquid which has a thermosetting property due to addition of a heat curing agent and a non-water-soluble property in at least a cured state, a sectional pattern of a three dimensional object which is a forming target on a water-soluble recording medium which has acceptability for the liquid and contains the heat curing agent; heating, in a state where the plurality of recording mediums on which the sectional pattern is drawn is stacked, the plurality of recording mediums, after the drawing; and dissolving at least an area outside the sectional pattern in each of the plurality of recording mediums using a liquid which includes water, after the heating. | 07-14-2011 |
20110281073 | INSULATED FIBER CEMENT SIDING - Disclosed herein are embodiments of foam backing panels for use with lap siding and configured for mounting on a building. Also disclosed are lap siding assemblies and products of lap sidings. One such embodiment of the foam backing panel comprises a rear face configured to contact the building, a front face configured for attachment to the lap siding, alignment means for aligning the lap siding relative to the building, means for providing a shadow line, opposing vertical side edges, a top face extending between a top edge of the front face and rear face and a bottom face extending between a bottom edge of the front face and rear face. | 11-17-2011 |
20120058309 | Sealing Tape of Flexible Foam - The sealing tape includes a foam strip of flexible foam having a plurality of three-dimensional foam segments, which are separated from each other by cuts extending downward from the top surface into the foam strip. At least some of the plurality of foam segments are surrounded completely in the longitudinal direction and in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction by other ones of the plurality of foam segments. | 03-08-2012 |
20120219760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ISOLATION BETWEEN COMPONENTS IN MICROFABRICATED DEVICES - An apparatus and method for providing isolation between components in microfabricated devices is provided. In one embodiment, a microfabricated device comprises: a base layer; a microfabricated component; and a non-sacrificial aerogel layer in contact with the microfabricated component and supporting the microfabricated thermal component on the base layer. The non-sacrificial aerogel layer is positioned to provide at least one of thermal, electrical or acoustic isolation between the microfabricated thermal component and the base layer. | 08-30-2012 |
20120308779 | MEMBRANE FOR OXYGEN GENERATION - The invention relates to a membrane system which is particular suitable for oxygen generation. It comprises a membrane ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130011620 | HOLLOW PROFILE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A PIPE - A hollow profile used in the manufacture of a spirally wound double-walled thermo- plastic pipe, having essentially a rectangular cross section, two side walls and an outer wall and an inner wall limiting a cavity within. In the hollow profile the inner wall of the pipe is thicker than the wall of the hollow profile intended to form the outer wall of the pipe. The inner rounding radius of the edges adjacent to the thicker wall of the hollow profile is considerably larger than the rounding radius of the two other edges of the cavity and the inside surface of the thicker wall comprises a rib extending in the hollow cavity of the profile, on the side of the profile forming the inner side of the pipe, in the longitudinal direction of the profile at least essentially along the whole length of the profile. | 01-10-2013 |
20130034700 | LAMINATED FOAMS WITH MATING PEAKS AND GROOVES - A laminated foam article contains at least two foam boards having mating peak and groove surface profiles where surface skin remains on at least a portion of the profiles and wherein the foam boards are laminated to one another in a mating orientation with the peaks of one foam surface within the grooves of the adjoining foam surface with an adhesive between the mating surfaces of the foams and wherein the laminated foam article has a thickness that exceeds 200 millimeters. | 02-07-2013 |
20130122256 | PROTECTIVE MATERIAL - A protective material/structure is provided that reduces the risk of injury for a person after contact with said material/structure, and is based on a structure where an inner and outer shell can move relative to each other. The shells are separated by spikes or thin beams and the outer shell covers or envelops the spikes. The spikes or beams are constructed so that they permit displacement of the outer shell relative to the inner shell in the event of an oblique impact against the protective material/structure. The spikes or beams are designed to be thin/slim and can be made of flexible polymer materials such as plastics, rubber or fibers. This enables the spikes to give way after a tangential/rotational impact and thereby efficiently reduce the negative effects of such an impact on the brain. The material/structure can be used in e.g. helmets, vehicle interiors, vehicle exteriors, indoor house building material, boxing gloves and the like. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122257 | SURFACES PHYSICALLY TRANSFORMABLE BY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES - An apparatus includes a substrate having a top surface, a substantially regular array of raised structures located over the top surface, and a layer located on the top surface between the structures. Distal surfaces of the structures are farther from the top surface than remaining portions of the structures. The layer is able to contract such that the distal surfaces of the structures protrude through the layer. The layer is able to swell such that the distal surfaces of the structures are closer to the top surface of the substrate than one surface of the layer. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122258 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT, AND FOAM MOLDED PRODUCT - The present invention is a method of manufacturing a foam molded product in which a foam molded product ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130129981 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT SHEET, AND VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT SHEET - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a visibility improvement sheet that comprises light absorbing portions having a substantially rectangular cross-section and can realize a high contrast while maintaining a view angle. The visibility improvement sheet is manufactured by forming light transparent portions juxtaposed to each other at predetermined intervals to form grooves having a substantially rectangular cross section juxtaposed to each other between the light transparent portions, filling the grooves with an ink composition comprising a transparent ionizing radiation curable resin composition and colored fine particles, and curing the ink composition in such a state that fine air bubbles are randomly dispersed in the filled ink composition. | 05-23-2013 |
20130177740 | POWDER-BASED MATERIAL SYSTEM WITH STABLE POROSITY - A powder-based material system having an intrinsic and stable degree of porosity provided by hollow ceramic spheres ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130209744 | Composite textile and method for making same - In accordance with the present invention, a novel composite textile laminate (composite fabric) and manufacturing method for the same is provided. The composite textile is particularly suitable for outdoor apparel that protects the wearer from outdoor elements such as sunlight, wind, and cold. In a preferred embodiment, the textile consists of an outer layer of elastane having a sun protective factor, an intermediate layer of polyurethane-ester open-cell foam, and an inner lining of synthetic micro-suede material or brushed nylon that contacts the skin. The outer and inner layers are flame bonded, with the intermediate foam layer in between them. The composite textile can be embossed and the perimeter is defined and sealed by laser cutting, which act against de-lamination. The result is a composite synthetic textile with improved comfort and protection. The outer elastane surface can also be sublimated with a desired image. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216788 | Fan-Folded Cellular Cushioning Article - A cellular cushioning article strand in fan-folded configuration has embossed film bonded to backing film with entrapped air between the films. The embossed film has 15 to 40 percent land area and 85 to 60 percent embossed area. The embossments of a first ply are nested into the embossments of a second ply, with the first and second plies having a height under 0.05 psi load corresponding with a nesting level of at least 1 percent measured against two roll-stacked plies of the same cellular cushioning article under the same load. A strand of cellular cushioning fan-folded into at least 20 plies exhibits a post-0.05 psi temporary loading nesting level of at 1 percent relative to the post-0.05 psi temporary loading height of 20 plies of the same cellular cushioning article in roll-stacked arrangement. | 08-22-2013 |
20130266765 | STRUCTURAL COMPONENT, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT, AND METHOD - A structural component for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising: a planar member; a reinforcing member which projects from the planar member and is rigidly connected thereto; the reinforcing member comprising at least a foam layer and a cover layer, a plurality of pins extending at least through the foam layer and the cover layer, and at least the pins and the cover layer comprising a curable matrix. | 10-10-2013 |
20130295334 | Method for Removal of Carbon from an Organosilicate Material - Described herein is a method for removing at least a portion of the carbon-containing species within an organosilicate (OSG) film by treating the OSG film with a chemical, such as but not limited to an oxidizer, exposing the OSG film to an energy source comprising ultraviolet light, or treating the OSG film with a chemical and exposing the OSG film to an energy source. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302569 | VIBRATION DAMPENING MATERIAL AND USES FOR SAME - The present invention is directed to a material adapted to reduce vibration and, more specifically, to a material adapted to dissipate and evenly distribute transmitted vibrations. The material is particularly suited for impact and/or heavy load vibration resistance. | 11-14-2013 |
20130309453 | OPTICAL ELEMENT COMPRISING A CRACK-FREE AEROGEL - A method manufactures an optical element having a surface that includes cells filled with an aerogel that does not crack during its manufacture or during a subsequent step of impregnating the aerogel with a liquid. The disclosure also relates to the optical elements that can be obtained using the method. | 11-21-2013 |
20130337232 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERIOR LINING PARTS IN A FOAMING TOOL - The invention relates to a method for producing interior lining parts in a foaming tool, to an interior lining part produced accordingly, and to a foaming tool which can be used for production. The interior lining part has at least one molded skin, at least one foam layer and at least one carrier, the foam layer being located between the molded skin and the carrier. In order to produce an interior lining part according to the invention, the molded skin is introduced into a mold of a foaming tool. The foaming tool contains at least one separating edge. During back-foaming, the carrier is pressed against the molded skin at the position of the separating edge and connected to said molded skin such that a molded skin end can be severed manually, that is without the aid of tools, from the molded skin or is severed by the pressing step. | 12-19-2013 |
20140050893 | AIRFOIL COMPONENTS CONTAINING CERAMIC-BASED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES THEREFOR - A process for producing airfoil components containing ceramic-based materials and having a tip cap. The process entails forming an airfoil portion of the component from an airfoil portion material that contains a precursor of a ceramic-based material. The airfoil portion material defines concave and convex walls of the airfoil portion, and the concave and convex walls define a tip region of the airfoil portion and at least one cavity within the airfoil portion. At least a first ply is formed that contains a precursor of a ceramic-based material, and the first ply at least partially closes the cavity at the tip region of the airfoil portion. The airfoil portion material and the first ply are then cured so that the first ply forms a tip cap that closes the cavity and the precursors of the airfoil portion material and first ply are converted to the ceramic-based materials thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20140255653 | POROUS NANOMATERIALS HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERNING AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Provided are methods for imprinting a porous material, the methods including applying a first stamp to a porous material having an average pore size of less than about 100 μm, the first stamp having at least a first portion having a first height, a second portion having a second height and a third portion having a third height, wherein the first height, second height and third height are different. | 09-11-2014 |
20140295142 | STRUCTURED MATERIAL - A structured material includes a base member, and a mesostructured member disposed on the surface of the base member. The mesostructured member includes a wall defining cylindrically shaped portions. The base member has a plurality of grooves periodically formed in the surface thereof. The grooves each have a bottom surface and side surfaces in a shape in which a plane including the bottom surface is perpendicular to planes including the side surfaces. The cylindrically shaped portions in a region opposite to the base member with respect to an imaginary surface of the base member defined by imaginarily filling grooves to form an even surface are oriented at angles within a range of ±10° with respect to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the grooves. | 10-02-2014 |
20140349078 | AEROGEL-BASED MOLD FOR MEMS FABRICATION AND FORMATION THEREOF - The invention is directed to a patterned aerogel-based layer that serves as a mold for at least part of a microelectromechanical feature. The density of an aerogel is less than that of typical materials used in MEMS fabrication, such as poly-silicon, silicon oxide, single-crystal silicon, metals, metal alloys, and the like. Therefore, one may form structural features in an aerogel-based layer at rates significantly higher than the rates at which structural features can be formed in denser materials. The invention further includes a method of patterning an aerogel-based layer to produce such an aerogel-based mold. The invention further includes a method of fabricating a microelectromechanical feature using an aerogel-based mold. This method includes depositing a dense material layer directly onto the outline of at least part of a microelectromechanical feature that has been formed in the aerogel-based layer. | 11-27-2014 |
20150056414 | PHOTORESIST FILM WITH ADHESIVE LAYER AND MICROSPHERES - The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a film and method for engraving objects. The film includes an adhesive layer configured to allow the film to be easily repositionable on the surface of an object. For example, the film can be shifted, rotated, or moved prior to pressure being applied and before the engraving. Additionally, the photoresist layer includes microspheres comprising small pockets of air which strengthen the photoresist layer by bouncing the engraving blast away and allow the photoresist layer to advantageously be designed thinner. | 02-26-2015 |
20150093546 | MOLDED BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SEAT MATERIAL FOR VEHICLES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a molded body including a main portion and a bank portion each of which is formed by foaming and molding a foam material. The main portion is made of urethane material which is softer than the material for the bank portion. At a boundary portion between the main and bank portions, the main portion is formed in a continuous interlocking profile and the bank portion is also formed in another continuous interlocking profile. The interlocking profile and the another interlocking profile are mated to each other so as to prevent separation between the main portion and the bank portion in a direction of an arrow (vehicle width direction). The boundary portion is provided by partitioning the cavity in a single mold with a weir, introducing different foam materials into both sides of the weir and foaming the introduced materials. | 04-02-2015 |
20150104612 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FOAM SHOWING A GRADIENT POISSON'S RATIO BEHAVIOUR - A method of manufacturing a foam having Poisson's ratio which varies across a region of the foam in a gradient distribution from a negative value to a positive value includes the steps of: a) providing an open-cell foam; b) applying a compressive force to a localised region of the foam to collapse the foam in the localised region, whilst leaving other regions of the foam un-collapsed; c) heating the foam to a predetermined temperature whilst continuing to apply the compressive force; and d) subsequently cooling the foam whilst continuing to apply the compressive force. A foam having a first region which exhibits a negative Poisson's ratio, a second region which exhibits a positive Poisson's ratio, and an intermediate region located between the first and second regions and across which the Poisson's ratio of the foam varies in a gradient distribution from a negative value to a positive value. | 04-16-2015 |
20150306844 | FOAM STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, RESIN PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A RESIN PANEL - A foam structure includes: a first core material and a second core material that are obtained by splitting a foam body at a linear groove part, the groove part being formed in the foam body for fitting with a reinforcing material, and the reinforcing material into which the first core material and the second core material are respectively fitted from one side and the other side of the reinforcing material. | 10-29-2015 |
20160102862 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MACHINE COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a machine component includes obtaining a casted component, a forged component, or a component manufactured using additive fabrication such that the machine component has a wall exhibiting at least some porosity therethrough. The method further includes adding a filler material to on the wall to a pre-determined thickness, the filler material being configured to cover the porosity present in the wall. The method further includes finishing the component by performing a finishing operation. | 04-14-2016 |
20160160660 | TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS WITH CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATED ISOLATION LAYERS - An assembly for use in a gas turbine engine and method for making the same are described herein. The assembly comprising a CMC component, a metallic component spaced apart from the CMC component, and a spacer. The spacer having a first surface in contact with the CMC and a second surface opposite the first surface in contact with the metallic component, the spacer comprising a CMC substantially free of silicon metal with a porosity of between about 5 percent and about 40 percent by volume to chemically isolate the CMC component from the metallic component. | 06-09-2016 |
20160186428 | Heat Insulating Device - The present invention relates to a heat insulating device for a building, wherein a first insulating layer of the heat insulating device and a second insulating layer of the heat insulating device are coupled with each other. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer define a plurality of first air chambers therebetween. The first air chambers are separated from each other by the second insulating layer to prevent a convection current generating between two neighboring first air chambers. The first air chambers are filled with air to reduce the heat exchange between the indoor heat and the outdoor heat. | 06-30-2016 |