A surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge assembly having a plurality of rows of staple receiving slots and an anvil assembly having a plurality of rows of staple forming recesses. The staple cartridge assembly, the anvil assembly, or both have one or more attachment members overmolded thereon. A staple line reinforcement material is attached to the attachment members.

A surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge assembly having a plurality of rows of staple receiving slots and an anvil assembly having a plurality of rows of staple forming recesses. The staple cartridge assembly, the anvil assembly, or both have one or more attachment members overmolded thereon. A staple line reinforcement material is attached to the attachment members.

A method of manufacture of a shaft including positioning a prefabricated wedge member onto a cylindrical mandrel, winding a fibre material onto the mandrel, the fibre material extending over at least a part of the wedge member, allowing a matrix material impregnated into the fibre material to cure, and machining away at least part of the fibre material in the region of the wedge member to expose fibres thereof.

A method for making a golf ball includes: wrapping a sensing module with a polymeric band to produce a spherical core in which the sensing module is entirely enclosed by the polymeric band; molding a molding material to form an intermediate layer that surrounds the spherical core, wherein the polymeric band acts as a barrier to prevent the molding material from intruding into the sensing module through the polymeric band; and molding a shell to surround the intermediate layer. A golf ball is also provided, and includes a spherical core, an intermediate layer surrounding the spherical core, and a shell surrounding the intermediate layer. The spherical core includes a sensing module, and a polymeric band wrapped around and entirely enclosing the sensing module.

Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages. A packaging system may include a 3-D printer and a computing device communicatively coupled to the 3-D printer. The computing device may obtain a packaging model describing a package for one or more items. A print module of the computing device may include instructions to print the package at least partially about the item(s) according to the packaging model. The configuration of a 3-D printed package may be based at least in part on one or more other packages. A 3-D printed package may include multiple separable compartments. A unit of 3-D printed packages may include multiple separable packages.

There is disclosed a method of forming a composite component having a curved body and an integral flange from a pre-form (200) using forming apparatus comprising: a tool (102) comprising a curved body portion (104) having a lay-up surface (110) and a forming assembly (105) comprising a plurality of forming elements (106) each having a lay-up surface (120) and a primary flange-forming surface (122); and a plurality of filler elements (107) each having a secondary flange-forming surface (156). The method comprises: providing a pre-form (200) over the lay-up surfaces (110, 120) of the curved body portion 104 and the forming elements (106) of the tool (102) in a layup configuration of the forming assembly (105); moving the forming elements (106) radially outwardly from the layup configuration to respective forming positions so that the forming elements (106) are circumferentially spaced apart from one another to form gaps therebetween; moving the filler elements (107) radially outwardly to respective forming positions in the circumferential gaps between the forming elements (106) so that the primary and secondary flange-forming surfaces (122, 156) form a substantially continuous flange-forming surface in a forming configuration of the forming assembly (105). Movement of the forming assembly (105) from the layup configuration to the forming configuration causes a region of the pre-form (200) to deform between the continuous flange-forming surface and a counteracting forming surface to form the integral flange of the component.

A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.

Embodiments are described herein in the context of housings for electronic devices. In one embodiment, a housing can make use of an outer member, which can be formed of glass. The outer member can be secured with respect to other portions of the housing for the electronic device. The output member can also be protected at its edges by a protective side member. Still further, one or more antenna can be provided at least partially internal to the protective side member. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld.

Embodiments are described herein in the context of housings for electronic devices. In one embodiment, a housing can make use of an outer member, which can be formed of glass. The outer member can be secured with respect to other portions of the housing for the electronic device. The output member can also be protected at its edges by a protective side member. Still further, one or more antenna can be provided at least partially internal to the protective side member. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld.

The present invention relates to a method of making a composite sandwich structure. The method comprises the steps of: providing a base lay-up on a surface, wherein the base lay-up comprises a first reinforcement material layer; providing a core layer on to the base lay-up, wherein the core layer comprises an open cellular structure and wherein the open cellular structure is at least partially filled with unbound particles; providing a top lay-up on top of the core layer, wherein the top lay-up comprises a second reinforcement material layer; sealing the arrangement within a hermetically sealed enclosure; introducing matrix material into the arrangement via the at least one conduit through a pressure differential; and curing the matrix material.