A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one consolidated fibrous insert (14) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement having a plurality of ordered fibers arranged in a predetermined manner. The fibrous insert is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert and the mass of polymeric material are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier may be a mass of activatable material.

An optical cable and method for forming an optical cable is provided. The cable includes a cable jacket including an inner surface defining a channel and an outer surface and also includes a plurality of optical fibers located within the channel. The cable includes a seam within the cable jacket that couples together opposing longitudinal edges of a wrapped thermoplastic sheet which forms the cable jacket and maintains the cable jacket in the wrapped configuration around the plurality of optical fibers. The method includes forming an outer cable jacket by wrapping a sheet of thermoplastic material around a plurality of optical core elements. The method includes melting together portions of thermoplastic material of opposing longitudinal edges of the wrapped sheet such that a seam is formed holding the sheet of thermoplastic material in the wrapped configuration around the core elements.

An optical cable and method for forming an optical cable is provided. The cable includes a cable jacket including an inner surface defining a channel and an outer surface and also includes a plurality of optical fibers located within the channel. The cable includes a seam within the cable jacket that couples together opposing longitudinal edges of a wrapped thermoplastic sheet which forms the cable jacket and maintains the cable jacket in the wrapped configuration around the plurality of optical fibers. The method includes forming an outer cable jacket by wrapping a sheet of thermoplastic material around a plurality of optical core elements. The method includes melting together portions of thermoplastic material of opposing longitudinal edges of the wrapped sheet such that a seam is formed holding the sheet of thermoplastic material in the wrapped configuration around the core elements.

Disclosed herein are a method for manufacturing a metal-polymer hybrid part, the metal-polymer hybrid part itself, and a laminate component. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a laminate component containing at least one metallic layer covered by at least one first functional layer, (b) providing a polymeric component, (c) bringing into contact the polymeric component with the at least one first functional layer of the laminate component, (d) joining the polymeric component onto the at least one first functional layer by physical treatment and (e) obtaining the metal-polymer hybrid part.

Disclosed herein are a method for manufacturing a metal-polymer hybrid part, the metal-polymer hybrid part itself, and a laminate component. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a laminate component containing at least one metallic layer covered by at least one first functional layer, (b) providing a polymeric component, (c) bringing into contact the polymeric component with the at least one first functional layer of the laminate component, (d) joining the polymeric component onto the at least one first functional layer by physical treatment and (e) obtaining the metal-polymer hybrid part.

A robotic device having in-mold electronics is provided. According to one or more aspects, a robotic device includes an electronic computing unit for controlling the robotic device and a molded part. The molded part includes a thermoformed first film, structural layer, electronic circuit, and a functional component. The molded structural layer is arranged under the first film. The thermoformed second film arranged under the structural layer. The electronic circuit arranged over the second film and adjacent the structural layer. The electronic circuit includes a functional component communicably coupled to the electronic computing unit. The first film is arranged to cover the structural layer, the second film, and the electronic circuit to define an exposed surface of the molded part.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing thermoplastic polymer particles, the method comprising the steps of: (1) extruding a thermoplastic polymer resin by means of an extruder; (2) granulating the extruded polymer resin by using an inert gas; and (3) cooling the granulated thermoplastic polymer resin, and thermoplastic polymer particles prepared thereby.

Embodiments herein are directed to an assembly that includes a circuit board, a plurality of terminal pins, a first material layer, a second material layer, and a third material layer. The plurality of terminal pins extend from the circuit board. The first material layer encases a portion of the circuit board. The second material layer encapsulates a portion of the plurality of terminal pins and encases the first material layer. The second material layer defines a connector interface. A material of the second material layer is different from a material of the first material layer. The third material layer encases the first material layer and at least a portion of the second material layer. The third material layer defines a housing that is formed from a material different then the material of the first material layer and different from the material of the second material.

The present invention provides a resin composition having high heat-resisting properties, with which a shaping can be performed in accordance with designed sizes using a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, and from which a shaped object having a small warpage and small changes in sizes due to water can be obtained. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a shaping material of a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, comprising cellulose fibers in a polyamide.

A computer-implemented method for dividing a virtual three-dimensional overall model of a body into at least two virtual partial models, includes: Creating a virtual separating surface for the overall model of the body, which has a three-dimensional cell-conforming shape; Creating the overall model of the body with a lattice structure formed from a plurality of cells; and Dividing the overall model along the cell-conforming separating surface into two partial models, so that when the overall model is divided, common struts of the lattice structure, which are each part of at least one cell of one partial model and part of at least one adjacent cell of the other partial model are divided by means of the cell-conforming separating surface in such a way that the corresponding cells remain closed.