Described herein are fire hoses incorporating new combinations of materials to increase the hose's resilience. Resilient hoses include those made with silicone-coated fabrics or with thermally-resistant fabrics or both.

Described herein are fire hoses incorporating new combinations of materials to increase the hose's resilience. Resilient hoses include those made with silicone-coated fabrics or with thermally-resistant fabrics or both.

A method for increasing a detection distance of a surface of an object illuminated by near-IR electromagnetic radiation, including: (a) directing near-IR electromagnetic radiation from a near-IR electromagnetic radiation source towards an object at least partially coated with a near-IR reflective coating that increases a near-IR electromagnetic radiation detection distance by at least 15% as measured at a wavelength in a near-IR range as compared to the same object coated with a color matched coating which absorbs more of the same near-IR radiation, where the color matched coating has a ΔE color matched value of 1.5 or less when compared to the near-IR reflective coating; and (b) detecting reflected near-IR electromagnetic radiation reflected from the near-IR reflective coating. A system for detecting proximity of vehicles is also disclosed.

A method for increasing a detection distance of a surface of an object illuminated by near-IR electromagnetic radiation, including: (a) directing near-IR electromagnetic radiation from a near-IR electromagnetic radiation source towards an object at least partially coated with a near-IR reflective coating that increases a near-IR electromagnetic radiation detection distance by at least 15% as measured at a wavelength in a near-IR range as compared to the same object coated with a color matched coating which absorbs more of the same near-IR radiation, where the color matched coating has a ΔE color matched value of 1.5 or less when compared to the near-IR reflective coating; and (b) detecting reflected near-IR electromagnetic radiation reflected from the near-IR reflective coating. A system for detecting proximity of vehicles is also disclosed.

The invention relates to a method for producing a shapable core (10) from a rigid panel (12), the plane of the panel being defined by the axes X and Y and the height H being oriented in the direction Z of an orthonormal reference frame, for producing composite material products, consisting in cutting the panel (12) to form core elements (16). According to the invention, the method consists in making the cuts (14, 34) along the axis Z, producing hooking means (17) on each of the core elements (16) cut in this way, so as to allow the core elements (16) to be connected to each other and to produce a hinge connection (22) with retention between the core elements (16) in the plane XY.

A decorative sheet includes at least a topcoat layer disposed to face a substrate layer in a first direction, the front surface of the topcoat layer having a wavy roughness profile measured with a cutoff wavelength λs of 8 μm and a cutoff wavelength λc of 2.5 mm according to JIS B0601:2001 in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile comprising a plurality of profile elements, an evaluation length of the selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile having 10 mm, the selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile being designed to have an arithmetic mean deviation Ra of 10 μm or less; and to have a mean width of the profile elements and a ten point height, the mean width and the ten point height satisfying the following expression: 5≤RSm/RzJIS≤40 . . . (1), where RSm represents the mean width, and RzJIS represents the ten point height.

A decorative sheet includes at least a topcoat layer disposed to face a substrate layer in a first direction, the front surface of the topcoat layer having a wavy roughness profile measured with a cutoff wavelength λs of 8 μm and a cutoff wavelength λc of 2.5 mm according to JIS B0601:2001 in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile comprising a plurality of profile elements, an evaluation length of the selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile having 10 mm, the selected evaluation portion of the wavy roughness profile being designed to have an arithmetic mean deviation Ra of 10 μm or less; and to have a mean width of the profile elements and a ten point height, the mean width and the ten point height satisfying the following expression: 5≤RSm/RzJIS≤40 . . . (1), where RSm represents the mean width, and RzJIS represents the ten point height.

Proposed are an eco-friendly automotive interior part, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of designing the same automotive interior part. The automotive interior part can not only optimally correct physical properties thereof using manufacturing and design methods, but also have eco-friendliness by significantly reducing harmfulness to the human body due to the minimized use of chemicals, while realizing natural wrinkles resembling those of natural leather.

Proposed are an eco-friendly automotive interior part, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of designing the same automotive interior part. The automotive interior part can not only optimally correct physical properties thereof using manufacturing and design methods, but also have eco-friendliness by significantly reducing harmfulness to the human body due to the minimized use of chemicals, while realizing natural wrinkles resembling those of natural leather.

The present invention relates to a water-repellent film having frost resistance, including a hygroscopic layer provided on or above a substrate, and a water-repellent layer provided on or above the hygroscopic layer, in which the water-repellent layer contains a water-repellent layer substrate and a water-repellent component attached to the water-repellent layer substrate.