A method is provided of producing a component part for a motor vehicle. That method includes the steps of molding a first portion of an integral body from a chrome-platable material and molding a second portion of the integral body from a molded-in-color, non-platable material. This is followed by the applying of a chrome plate layer to the chrome-platable material. A component part or exterior grille made without masking and painting steps is also disclosed.

A reinforcement sheet has a composite layer including fibres and a polymer A and a coating layer including polymer B, each polymer having at least 65 mol % of a repeat unit of formula:

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wherein for each polymer A and B, t1, and w1 independently represent 0 or 1 and v1 represents 0, 1 or 2. A method of forming the reinforcement sheet is also disclosed, in addition to a method for forming an article comprising a laminate of the reinforcement sheets and the article comprising such a laminate. The repeat unit may be ether-ether-ketone.

A system and method are provided for implementing a process by which printed rolls of substrate material web have additional material layers interleaved between the rolled material web layers to substantially eliminate back transfer or roll offset of printed images on the back sides of the rolled material substrates. In a process for pre-printing thermoforming grade plastic materials to produce rolls of substrate material for use in a thermoforming process, ink compositions, particularly adapted for the thermoforming process, are deposited on substantially continuous webs of substrate material. The webs of substrate material are then re-rolled with separate layers of low surface energy substrate material interleaved between the layers of the printed substrate material in order to substantially eliminate imaging defects produced by back transfer of printed images on to the backs of layers of the printed substrate material stored in rolls.

A preform coating device is provided with: a rotational holding part that horizontally holds a preform and rotates the preform about the axis of the preform, and that grasps a spout of the preform; a conveyance part that conveys the preform by moving the rotational holding part; a dispenser that discharges a coating liquid toward the preform; a preform support part that supports the bottom-side end of the cylindrical barrel of the preform while the dispenser is discharging the coating liquid; and a spout support part that supports the outer circumferential surface of the spout of the preform while the dispenser is discharging the coating liquid.

There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

A fabric and elastomeric material (referred to as a fabric trilayer) combined with a sealant may be applied in such a fashion so as to eliminate or minimize air entrapment in an elastomeric composite structure that forms a seal-sealing volume. The performance of the self-sealing volume is dramatically improved with this minimizing of air entrapment. Surprisingly and unexpectedly, this construction approach may be accomplished without significantly adding to the weight or thickness of the volume and without affecting the outer dimension of the self-sealing volume. Thus, a method and system for forming a self-sealing volume are described. The system includes an elastomeric composite structure comprising at least one layer of an elastomeric material derived from a neat (no solvent) elastomeric material that does not substantially react at room temperature.

A method can include placing a substrate over a chucking region, wherein the substrate has a primary surface; quantifying a distortion in the substrate, the lithographic template, the imprint apparatus, or any combination thereof; and dispensing a formable material based at least in part on the distortion. The distortion can include a deviation in planarity, a magnification or orthogonality error or the like. In another aspect, an imprint apparatus can include a substrate holder including a chucking region; a template having an imprint surface that includes protrusions, wherein the protrusions define a primary surface; and a processor configured to determine an amount of a formable material to dispense in a particular area based at least in part on an distortion in the substrate, the lithographic template, the imprint apparatus, or any combination thereof.

A compound of Formula A-1:

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where n is an integer and R is C.sub.1-10 alkyl. In some cases, n is an integer of 1 to 20 or 5 to 15. R may be substituted or unsubstituted. An adhesive composition may include a compound of Formula A-1. The adhesive composition may include at least one of a crosslinker, a catalyst, and a solvent. An imprint lithography stack may include a substrate and an adhesion layer adhered to the substrate, where the adhesion layer includes a compound of Formula A-1. Forming an adhesion layer on an imprint lithography substrate includes disposing an adhesive composition on the imprint lithography substrate and polymerizing the adhesive composition to yield the adhesion layer on the substrate, where the adhesive composition includes a compound of Formula A-1, where n is an integer and R is C.sub.1-10 alkyl.

Method and apparatus for making antennas and antenna components suitable for wideband transmission and reception are disclosed. Material accretion devices or apparatus such as a 3D printer can be used to form the antennas and antenna components. The antenna and antenna components can include folded and/or self-similar features.

The present invention provides a method for producing synthetic leather using a silicone rubber coating liquid; and synthetic leather produced by the method.