Liner having an induction heat sealable layer for sealing to a rim of a container, and a pull tab for ease of removal of the liner from the container rim. An insert is disposed between multilayer upper and lower components, has a heat bondable polyolefin layer that is thermally laminated to polyolefin layers of the upper and lower components, forming a pull tab between the integrated polyolefin layers. The resulting composite resists delamination and can be formed in a single thermal lamination step, avoiding the multiple lamination steps, associated high equipment costs, and complex layer constructions of the prior art.

A trim element for a motor vehicle that includes at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m.sup.−1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. An infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.

Various embodiments for a laminate glass article having an integrated switch therein and related methods are provided. The laminated glass article a force sensor configured within one or more layers of the laminate with sufficient spacer incorporation to provide a force sensing switch. Related methods are also provided.

Provided herein are a fabric-based substrate and an organic electronic device including the same. The fabric-based substrate includes a fabric layer having an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the fabric layer. An adhesive layer is provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the fabric layer and filled at least some empty regions between the electrodes and the fabric layer, between the electrodes, and at least some pores in the fabric layer. A self-healing polymer layer is disposed on the adhesive layer located on the lower surface of the fabric layer.

A composite panel includes a first carbon fiber layer and a first glass fiber layer. A first carbon fiber sensor includes a first plurality of carbon fiber tows. The composite panel includes a second glass fiber layer and a second carbon fiber layer. The first carbon fiber sensor is arranged between the first glass fiber layer and the second glass fiber layer. The first carbon fiber layer and the second carbon fiber layer are arranged adjacent to the first glass fiber layer and the second glass fiber layer, respectively.

A loudspeaker system with viscoelastic material affixed between two flexible panels is disclosed. The loudspeaker system dissipates the energy of motion, resulting in less pronounced resonant peaks. The effect may be especially evident at high frequencies, where energy is dissipated over many cycles in a shorter period of time. Also disclosed are the method of making the loudspeaker system and a method of using the loudspeaker system.

A laminated glazing incorporates an electrically controllable device and the manufacture thereof including an operation of preassembly with a thin plastic strip.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a gathered material, wherein the material consists of two material web portions and a thread positioned between the material web portions and the two material web portions are connected to one another at two connecting surfaces, wherein the thread is disposed between the two connecting surfaces such that the thread is connected to the material web portions, wherein the apparatus comprises a sonotrode having a first sealing surface and a counter tool having a second sealing surface, wherein the counter tool is cylindrical with a lateral surface and a cylinder axis and the second sealing surface is disposed on the lateral surface, wherein the sonotrode and the counter tool are disposed with respect to one another in a processing position such that the material web portions and the thread can be guided through a gap formed by the first and the second sealing surface in a feed direction tangential to the lateral surface of the counter tool. To overcome or at least mitigate the described drawbacks, it is proposed according to the invention that the sonotrode comprise a groove which is oriented in feed direction and extends over the entire first sealing surface for receiving the thread.

The invention concerns a trim element for a motor vehicle comprising at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m.sup.−1 in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm and having an external and an internal faces. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 1051 nm to 1650 nm, is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.

The disclosure provides a method for forming an information carrying card or a core layer of an information carrying card using a radiation curing, and an apparatus configured to provide such a radiation curing. The method includes providing a carrier layer that defines at least one cavity, providing an inlay layer supporting at least one electronic component, and positioning at least a portion of the inlay layer in the at least one cavity. The method further comprises dispensing a radiation crosslinkable polymer composition over the inlay layer, and irradiating the radiation crosslinkable polymer composition.