A composition of an adhesive water-tight and steam-tight barrier layer that includes an acoustically insulating polyamide layer which along one side is provided with: a first water-tight and steam-tight polyethylene-layer (6) with 0-25 weight % ethylene vinyl acetate and with a melting point between 70° C. and 110° C.; and along the opposite side is provided with an optional second water-tight and steam-tight and pure polyethylene layer. A third water-tight and steam-tight polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer layer with 15-25 weight % ethylene vinyl acetate and with a melting point between 70° C. and 95° C. bordering the second and pure polyethylene layer or, when the latter is missing, the acoustically insulating polyamide layer itself.

The present application provides a structure excellent in sound absorbing performance According to the present invention, provided is a structure comprising a foam molded body and a porous skin sheet, wherein the skin sheet is integrally molded with the foam molded body; the foam molded body and comprises a wide space therein; and Sw/Ft≥0.5, where Ft represents the thickness of the foam molded body at a position in which the thickness of the wide space is maximum, and Sw represents the width of the wide space.

Noise attenuating trim part for a vehicle comprising a pile layer, a bonding mass layer and a backing layer whereby the bonding mass layer is bonded to the adjacent layers whereby the bonding mass layer is comprising at least thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefin based compound material (TPO) with a filler content of at least 55%, and whereby

the bonding mass layer has a density of between 1.4 and 1.75 kg/dm.sup.3, a viscosity of less than 50.000 mPa.s and a MFI above 250 and whereby the bonding mass layer is adjacent the pile layer and partly penetrated into the lower area of the pile thereby binding the fibers and/or filaments and/or the tufts within the pile.

A method for non-contact adhesive activation and securement of a decorative skin to a part, including: applying an adhesive to a top surface of the part; applying the decorative skin to the adhesive after it have been applied to the top surface of the part; locating an upper heating element or elements of an upper heating plate or platen adjacent to the top surface of the part; locating a lower heating element or elements of a lower heating plate or platen adjacent to a bottom surface of the part, the bottom surface of the part being opposite to the top surface of the part; activating an adhesive located on the top surface of the part via the upper heating element or elements of the upper heating plate or platen and the lower heating element or elements of the lower heating plate or platen when the upper heating element or elements and the lower heating element or elements are adjacent to the part, wherein the upper heating plate or platen and the lower heating plate or platen do not contact the part and the decorative skin; heating the decorative skin during the activating step without contacting the decorative skin with the upper heating plate or platen and the lower heating plate or platen; moving the upper heating plate or platen and the lower heating plate or platen away from the part after the activating step; and applying pressure to the decorative skin located on the top surface as well as the portion of the bottom surface of the part via an upper plate and a lower plate, wherein portions of the part on the top surface have a curved surface that is covered by the decorative skin, the curved surface being defined by a radius of curvature that is less greater than 0 and less than 25 mm.

A vehicle lighting device, irradiating an interior space of a vehicle with light, includes a light emitting module configured to irradiate the interior space with light transmitted through an inner layer surrounding the interior space, wherein the light emitting module includes a substrate member formed of a flexible material, a circuit pattern printed on the substrate member and electrically conducted to the outside to receive a control signal and an applied voltage, a circuit element member configured to be coupled and electrically conducted to the circuit pattern to process the control signal and the applied voltage, and a light emitting diode (LED) member coupled to the substrate member and electrically conducted to the circuit pattern and the circuit element member to emit the light according to the control signal and the applied voltage transmitted thereto.

Flooring and floor panels are described that include a multi-layer tape. The multi-layer tape can include two or more layers at least one of which can include a unidirectional orientation of fibers. In some configurations, the panels can include a tape with multiple layers where each layer of the tape includes a unidirectional orientation of fibers, which may be the same or may be different. Vehicles and other devices including the panels are also described.

The vehicle headliner includes a base layer, a skin layer disposed on one side of the base layer, and an infrared reflecting layer and a protection layer, in this order, disposed on the other side of the base layer. The base layer contains thermoplastic resin and fiber. The protection layer is a non-stretched resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 200° C. or more.

The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of a vehicle seatback cover, comprising a lightweight composite manufacturing step of manufacturing a lightweight composite using a reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, a lightweight composite forming step of forming the lightweight composite into a vehicle seatback cover shape and preparing a vehicle seatback cover material, and a carpet bonding step of bonding the vehicle seatback cover material and a carpet material.

The invention relates to a seat for a vehicle, preferably for a land craft, a watercraft, and/or an aircraft, comprising at least one multilayer structural component (1) with at least one first (6) and at least one second ply (5) of a composite material, in each case containing fibers which are integrated into a thermoplastic, and with a layer (7) which is arranged between said plies and is made of at least one foamed thermoplastic; to a method for producing same, said method having at least the following steps (A): providing at least one first and at least one second ply of a composite material, in each case containing fibers which are integrated into a thermoplastic, (B) thermoforming the first ply of composite material into a lower seat shell, (C) thermoforming the second ply of composite material into an upper seat shell, (D) arranging the lower seat shell and the upper seat shell in a tool, such that a gap is formed between the two seat shells, (E) introducing foamed particles made of a thermoplastic into the gap, and (F) pressing the two seats shells and the foamed particles in order to obtain the seat; and to the use of the seat in a vehicle, preferably in a land craft, a watercraft, and/or an aircraft.

A cross-linked polyolefin resin foam of the present invention has a total light transmittance and a thickness that satisfy a predetermined condition, and has a reflection color difference Δ* of −10 to 16, a reflection color difference Δa* of −3 to 3, and a reflection color difference ΔL* of 50 or more. According to the present invention, there can be provided a cross-linked polyolefin resin foam that can suppress a change in color tone of transmitted light while ensuring transparency, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, layered product, formed product, and display member that include such a cross-linked polyolefin resin foam.