It is an object of the present invention to securely and integrally join a metal and a resin, more particularly, a shaped titanium alloy substrate and a resin composition. A titanium alloy substrate is used that has undergone surface roughening by chemical etching or the like so as to have a ultrafine textured face in which bent, ridge-like protrusions having a width and height of from ten to a few hundred nanometers and a length of from a few to a few hundred microns rise up on the surface at a spacing period of from ten to a few hundred nanometers. A titanium alloy piece 1 with its surface treated is inserted into the cavity of a metallic mold for injection molding 10 and a specific resin composition 4 is injected to obtain an integrated composite 7. The main resin component of the resin composition 4 that is used can be a polyphenylene sulfide resin (PPS) or a polybutylene terephthalate resin (PBT). High injection joining strength is obtained if the resin composition contains, as an auxiliary component, a polyethylene terephthalate resin and/or polyolefin resin in the case of PBT and a polyolefin resin in the case of PPS.

Seat for bicycle saddles and the like, including a first inner layer made from a rubber-type material, a second layer, made from a material of the natural or synthetic fabric type, placed over said first layer, and a fourth outer layer, made from a material of the natural fabric type. The first layer being cured together with said second layer and fourth layer so as to make a compact composite structure. It is also presented a method for the manufacturing of the seat.

Seat for bicycle saddles and the like, including a first inner layer made from a rubber-type material, a second layer, made from a material of the natural or synthetic fabric type, placed over said first layer, and a fourth outer layer, made from a material of the natural fabric type. The first layer being cured together with said second layer and fourth layer so as to make a compact composite structure. It is also presented a method for the manufacturing of the seat.

A bicycle assembly can include a main frame having a bottom bracket area to receive a bottom bracket. The bottom bracket area can be made of carbon fiber with one or more embedded seat blanks to serve as bearing surfaces within the bottom bracket area. The disks may be machined to a high tolerance to receive a bottom bracket.

A bicycle assembly can include a main frame having a bottom bracket area to receive a bottom bracket. The bottom bracket area can be made of carbon fiber with one or more embedded seat blanks to serve as bearing surfaces within the bottom bracket area. The disks may be machined to a high tolerance to receive a bottom bracket.

A curable aqueous composition is disclosed comprising a carbohydrate, a crosslinking agent, and an amine base, wherein the curable aqueous composition has a pH adjusted by the amine base. Further disclosed is a method of forming a curable aqueous solution.

Stamp-forming a composite assembly includes applying a low-melt film on an interface surface of at least one spar, loading the spar onto at least one tooling segment such that the interface surface is exposed, and heating the tooling segment to a first temperature that is above a crystallization temperature of the low-melt film and below a melt temperature of a resin of the spar. A second low-melt film may be applied on a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic skin blank, and the skin blank is heated to a second temperature above a melt temperature of a resin of the skin blank. The skin blank is then draped around the tooling segment such that at least some of any second low-melt film contacts the low-melt film on the interface surface of the spar. The stamp press is then closed to co-consolidate the skin blank and the spar, thereby stamp-forming the composite assembly.

A system for forming one or a plurality of dimensionally stable objects by selective section-by-section solidification of a dimensionally unstable mass. The system includes a main body which is arranged so as to be stationary, a trough configured for connection to the main body to receive the mass, one or a plurality of controllable radiation source(s) to emit radiation which is suitable to solidify the mass, a base body on which the object to be formed may be constructed, a holding device to receive or hold the base body, a housing which surrounds at least the trough and the radiation source, and a moving device connected or coupled to the main body and the holding device. The moving device includes a drive, so that the holding device is capable of movement relative to the main body by activating the drive.

A delivery system for delivering a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a valve support structure for supporting a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, and a distal sheath movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the valve support structure between a first position in which the distal sheath is adapted to surround a collapsible prosthetic heart valve supported on the valve support structure, and a second position in which the distal sheath is adapted to expose the collapsible prosthetic heart valve for deployment. The distal sheath is at least partially formed of an inner polymer layer, an outer polymer layer, and a tubular supporting member sandwiched between the inner polymer layer and the outer polymer layer.

A polymeric replacement vessel, or container, for glassware and glass containers and a method of making the same. polymeric drinking container simulates a glass drinking container having a glass drinking container volume. The polymeric drinking container comprises a base and an enclosed wall composed of the polymer. The wall is formed with the base and extends from the base while defining an opening opposite the base. The enclosed wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface. The base and enclosed wall form a polymeric drinking container volume made of the polymeric material. This polymeric drinking container volume is equal to the glass component drinking container volume plus an amount equal to the glass component drinking container volume multiplied times the ratio of the specific gravity of the glass to the specific gravity of the polymer.