A flow sensor includes an auxiliary channel having an opening into which a fluid to be measured is taken; a sensor element that measures the flow of the fluid to be measured; a housing that accommodates electronic parts; and a resin cover. The flow sensor is configured such that junctions of the housing and the cover are formed in locations where first target weld portions, which are formed so that the circuit chamber is surrounded, face each other and second target weld portions, which are disposed for additional reinforcement of the joints, face each other on a bonding face of the housing and a bonding face of the cover with a step being provided. The positioning of the housing and the cover is determined, and the first target weld portions are welded to each other and second target weld portions are welded to each other by way of laser radiation.

A method for increasing the adhesion between the self-adhesive surface of a web-shaped material and a surface of a substrate, to which substrate the web-shaped material having the self-adhesive surface should be applied, wherein the web-shaped material is continuously fed to a laminating gap, in which the web-shaped material having the self-adhesive surface is laminated onto the surface of the substrate, the self-adhesive surface of the web-shaped material and the surface of the substrate are treated with a plasma over the entire area, and namely in such a way that the plasma is applied continuously to the two surfaces, starting from before the laminating gap into the laminating gap, the laminating gap being formed by a pressing element and the substrate and the surface of the pressing element being equipped with a dielectric.

A display device including a folding area includes a display panel, a cover window disposed above the display panel, and a protective film disposed on the cover window, where the protective film includes a first region and a second region including a same material as each other and having different moduli from each other. A modulus of the second region of the protective film is less than a modulus of the first region, and the second region is disposed in the folding area.

Provided are a fastened composite and a method of fastening an adherend, which includes a friction material, to a coating object, comprising; forming on at least a part of a surface of the coating object a coated film with a curable resin-containing paint; and fastening the adherend to the surface of the coating object, by subjecting heating and/or irradiation of an active energy ray to the coated film, while making the adherend closely contact the coated film to press it by a predetermined pressure, to cure the coated film.

A device for curing an electrically conductive adhesive arranged between a first component and a second component. The device includes at least one punch to both apply a compressive force onto the first component in the direction of the second component, and introduce a current into the adhesive via the components.

A joined body of the embodiments is a joined body which includes copper and resin, wherein in a joint surface of the copper to the resin, a triazine thiol derivative, or the triazine thiol derivative and a silane coupling agent are bonded to a base surface and the silane coupling agent is bonded to an oxide film formed on part of the joint surface, respectively, and the copper and the resin are molecularly joined to each other. This configuration makes it possible to obtain a joined body having high reliability by molecularly joining both the base surface and the oxide film of the copper, and the resin securely and achieving a strong joint of the copper and the resin at a time of joining the copper and the resin even though the oxide film is formed on part of the joint surface of the copper.

Methods of making a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit, including edge sealing techniques relating to the same, are provided. Certain example embodiments relate to providing an infrared (IR) absorbing element(s) such as a clip or clamp proximate an edge portion of a VIG assembly during formation of an edge seal. The IR absorbing element(s) absorb applied IR radiation and heat up during an edge seal formation process. Because the IR absorbing element(s) is/are thermally conductive and in contact with at least one of the glass substrates the element(s) causes/cause heat to be transferred from the element(s) to the adjacent glass substrate(s) and to the adjacent edge seal material thereby helping the edge seal material to heat up faster during the edge seal formation process and keeping other areas of glass at lower temperatures.

A method for producing infra-red inert substrates, including molded polymeric articles, films, fibers and coatings and other organic and inorganic materials, by incorporating into the substrate or onto the surface of the substrate an effective amount of a dispersed bis-oxodihydroindolylen-benzodifuranone colorant. The thus obtained, also claimed substrates so produced are reflective and transparent to much of the near infra red radiation not reflected. There are multiple applications for cases of devices comprising electronic components, outdoor construction elements, outdoor furniture, automotive, marine or aerospace parts, laminates, artificial leather or textile materials, as well as in polychrome printing processes and optical fibers. The thus obtained substrates can also be subjected to laser welding. New bis-oxo-dihydroindolylen-benzodifuranone compounds are also claimed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated member for decoration that can be molded into a complicated shape and has a superior hardcoating property. The present invention relates to a laminated member for decoration having a protective film, a coating layer and a resin substrate, wherein the surface roughness Rz(a) of the adhesive layer of the protective film on the side where the coating layer is located and the surface roughness Rz(b) of the coating layer of an unheated sample formed by peeling the protective layer, the surface roughness being taken on the side opposite from the resin substrate, define Rz(b)/Rz(a)×100 having a prescribed relationship; the surface roughness Rz(b) and the surface roughness Rz(bh) of the coating layer of a heated sample prepared by heating the unheated sample under a prescribed condition, the surface roughness being taken on the side opposite from the resin substrate, satisfy at least one of Formulas (2) and (3) below:

0%≤Rz(bh)/Rz(b)×100<30%  (2), and

0≤Rz(bh)≤Rz(b)<0.5 μm  (3);

and the unreacted (meth)acryloyl groups of the coating layer of the heated sample irradiated with a prescribed amount of active energy rays have disappeared 10 to 100% as compared with the coating layer of the unheated sample.

Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described.