The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flexible skin which has at least one insert adhered thereto. In a first step, the skin is molded on a mold surface. In order to adhere the insert to the skin, an opening is first made in the skin giving access to the back face of the insert. The insert is positioned with its back face against the front face of the skin and an adhering layer is provided which is adhesively connected to the back face of the skin layer which surrounds the opening in the skin layer and, through this opening, to the back face of the insert. The adhering layer is preferably produced by applying a layer of a hardenable material, in particular a curable polyurethane composition. Since the back face of the insert engages the front side of the skin penetration of hardenable material to the front face of the insert is avoided.

A bonding structure manufacturing method for manufacturing a bonding structure in which a first member and a second member are bonded is provided with: a step for forming a perforation with an opening in the surface of the first member and forming a protrusion that protrudes into the inner circumferential surface of the perforation; a step for disposing the region of the first member where the perforation is formed adjacent to the second member; and step for filling and curing the second member in the perforation of the first member by irradiating a laser on the region of the first member where the perforation is formed from the second member side.

A bonding structure manufacturing method for manufacturing a bonding structure in which a first member and a second member are bonded is provided with: a step for forming a perforation with an opening in the surface of the first member and forming a protrusion that protrudes into the inner circumferential surface of the perforation; a step for disposing the region of the first member where the perforation is formed adjacent to the second member; and step for filling and curing the second member in the perforation of the first member by irradiating a laser on the region of the first member where the perforation is formed from the second member side.

A functional phenylene ether oligomer of the structure

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wherein Q.sup.1, Q.sup.2, Q.sup.3, Q.sup.4, x, y, and R are as defined herein. A curable composition includes the functional phenylene ether oligomer, and a thermoset composition includes a cured product derived from the curable composition.

The present invention is related to high Impact strength thermoplastic compositions comprising: a) from 10 to 90% by weight of a rubber-modified monovinylidene aromatic (co)polymer; b) from 10 to 90% by weight of a polyphenylene ether; wherein: said rubber-modified monovinylidene aromatic (co)polymer a) comprising: I) a matrix comprising monovinylidene aromatic polymer, and II) from 5 to 25% by weight of rubber in the form of discrete rubber particles dispersed within the matrix, wherein the rubber particles comprise a blend of at least two polybutadienes as well as graft- and block copolymers of polybutadiene and monovinylidene aromatic polymer segments, said rubber particles exhibit: an average particle size by volume (D50) comprised between 0.8 and 5.5 ?m, measured by laser light scattering; said blend of at least two polybutadienes comprises: at least 50% by weight of one or more polybutadiene(s) with a cis-1,4 structure content of at least 80% by weight and at most 50% by weight of one or more polybutadiene(s) with a trans-1-4 structure content of at least 25% by weight and a 1,2-vinyl content of at least 5% by weight; said blend being characterized by a dynamic solution viscosity, comprised between 50 and 160 mPa.Math.s, as determined by Brookfield viscometer according to ISO 2555 at a concentration of 5.43% by weight in toluene; and said polyphenylene ether b) has a repeating structural formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, C1-4 alkyl radicals, C1-4 alkoxy radicals, C6-10 aromatic radicals which are unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-4 alkyl radical, halohydrocarbon radicals having at least two carbon atoms between the halogen atom and the phenyl nucleus, hydrocarbonoxy radicals and halohydrocarbonoxy radicals having at least two carbon atoms between the halogen and the phenyl nucleus, and wherein n is an integer of at least 50. The invention further is related to a method for the preparation of the high Impact strength thermoplastic compositions.

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The present invention provides a method for producing a joined body, the method including: disposing a joining member between a member A containing a thermoplastic resin and a member B containing a thermoplastic resin, the joining member including a sheet part containing a thermoplastic resin, and a plurality of protrusion parts integrally formed with the sheet part on at least one surface of the sheet part, the protrusion parts containing a thermoplastic resin; and melting at least a part of the joining member to join the member A and the member B to obtain a joined body thereof.

The present invention provides a method for producing a joined body, the method including: disposing a joining member between a member A containing a thermoplastic resin and a member B containing a thermoplastic resin, the joining member including a sheet part containing a thermoplastic resin, and a plurality of protrusion parts integrally formed with the sheet part on at least one surface of the sheet part, the protrusion parts containing a thermoplastic resin; and melting at least a part of the joining member to join the member A and the member B to obtain a joined body thereof.

The thermoplastic resin composition contains (A) a polyamide, (B) a polyphenylene ether, and (C) a compatibilizer. When the thermoplastic resin composition is molded into a specimen, a continuous phase containing the polyamide (A) and a dispersed phase containing the polyphenylene ether (B) are formed in the specimen, and E-20 represents a mean ellipticity of the dispersed phase in region I extending from a surface of the hinge portion to a depth of 20 m in the thickness direction, and E-mid represents a mean ellipticity of the dispersed phase in region II extending from a distance, measured along the thickness direction from the surface, equal to 48% of the thickness to a distance, measured along the thickness direction from the surface, equal to 52% of the thickness, the following formula (1) is satisfied:
4.0(E-20)/(E-mid)(1).

A composition for injection molding includes specific amounts of a poly(phenylene ether), a first hydrogenated triblock copolymer, a second hydrogenated triblock copolymer, a polypropylene, a polybutene, an ethylene/1-octene copolymer, and a flame retardant. At least one of the first and second hydrogenated triblock copolymers has a pre-hydrogenation vinyl content of 50 to 100 mole percent, based on moles of incorporated polybutadiene. Injection molded articles prepared from the composition include cable connectors and their parts.

Provided is an aluminum-resin bonded body that expresses excellent bonding strength and does not show a reduction in the strength after a durability test, thus being able to keep the excellent bonding strength over a long period of time. The aluminum-resin bonded body includes: an aluminum substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; an oxygen-containing film containing oxygen, the oxygen-containing film being formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and a resin molded body formed of a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an additive, the resin molded body being bonded onto the oxygen-containing film, in which the thermoplastic resin composition contains any one or both of: a thermoplastic resin containing an element having an unshared electron pair in a repeat unit and/or at an end; and an additive containing an element having an unshared electron pair.