A belt includes; a first belt portion including a cover layer formed of a resin material and a first insert layer disposed within the cover layer and formed of a high-tensile material having a tensile strength higher than that of the resin material, the first belt portion having a bent shape along a circumferential direction of a living body; and a second belt portion configured to be connected to the first belt portion.

A fishing lure and apparatus and method of making the same. A fishing lure according to aspects of the invention include a lure body formed about a through wire. Eye loops are provided at opposed ends of the trough wire to attach a tackle element for catching a game fish. An optional decorative layer is applied to the lure body to mimic the visual appearance of a bait. A clear protective shell is molded about the lure body to encapsulate the lure body and protect the lure body, and optional decorative layer from damage. The apparatus includes a first and second mold, with the first mold forming the lure body in the shape of the bait and the second mold forming the clear protective shell about the lure body.

A conveyor component comprises a thermoformable portion chemically bonded to an injection molded base portion. A surface of the thermoformable portion is prepared for bonding. Then an injection moldable material is injected onto the prepared surface to form the injection molded base portion.

A method of mounting a seat assembly to a vehicle, includes the steps of 1) providing a wire frame assembly having a side rail and engagement features; 2) overmolding a cushion support assembly to the wire frame assembly to form a seat portion assembly, wherein portions of the side rail and the engagement features are exposed; 3) mounting a trim panel to a seat frame within a vehicle interior; 4) mounting one or more support plates having receiving apertures to the seat frame; 5) vertically mounting the seat portion assembly to the trim panel by receiving the exposed portion of the side rail of the wire frame assembly within a clip member of the trim panel; and 6) vertically mounting the seat portion assembly to the support plates by receiving the exposed portions of the engagement features within the receiving apertures of the one or more support plates.

A tape-shaped product and a belt for a ball chain are provided. A tape-shaped product of synthetic resin includes a tape of a thermoplastic resin, and a preliminarily stretched fibrous member of a thermoplastic resin contained therein along longitudinally parallel edges or in proximity thereto of the tape. A belt for a ball chain, includes a tape-shaped product of synthetic resin formed by injection molding, together with a fibrous member as an insert of a resin of the same kind as that of the fibrous member so that the fibrous member is disposed along the longitudinal edges or in proximity thereto, ball-insetting holes are disposed at equal intervals, and ball-retaining projections are disposed around the holes.

A method for manufacturing an object having a polymer part, including inserting a core through a movable element via a hole passing through the movable element, inserting the polymer part in a mould, inside which the movable element is arranged, so that the polymer part is in contact with the movable element on a first side of the movable element, displacing the movable element in the mould by exerting a force, originating from the polymer part, on the movable element in such a way that the movable element slides along the core, the movable element constraining, at an entrance of the hole on the first side, at each instant and as the movable element is displaced, the position of the portion of the core in the course of being covered with polymer at this instant.

A method for producing an electric component, including at least one component assembly, wherein the component assembly includes a mounting support and at least one electrically conductive metal wire. In order to form the component assembly the at least one electrically conductive metal wire is mounted on and/or in the mounting support, and the at least one component assembly is covered at least in sections with plastic, in particular is injection moulded at least in sections, in a plastic casting method, in particular in a plastic injection-moulding method. The invention further relates to an electric component.

An insert molding apparatus includes a forming die in which a first part is arranged, and that molds resin such that a portion of the first part is exposed; and a first mounting part that is arranged at a portion where the first part is exposed, and that has a passage that passes through a space in the forming die into which the molten resin is supplied and a portion where the first part is arranged.

A golf flagstick device comprising a rigid support member combined with a plurality of jacks. The components are encapsulated by a material, such as a thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer, using an injection molding process. The jacks have one or more arms extending outward from a center portion. The arms are adapted to contact the inner wall of the mold's cavity to help hold the rigid support member in one place and away from the inner wall during the molding process. The flagstick includes a ferrule attached to a lower end which is adapted for placement into a putting cup and a tip fitting attached to an upper end which is adapted to be combined with a flag. The ferrule and/or tip fitting may be combined with the rigid support member before the injection molding process resulting in the ferrule and/or tip fitting being at least partially filled with and/or encapsulated by the material to help hold the components together without requiring a secondary attachment operation.

A rotational intravascular ultrasound probe for insertion into a vasculature and a method of manufacturing the same. The rotational intravascular ultrasound probe comprises an elongate catheter having a flexible body and an elongate transducer shaft disposed within the flexible body. The transducer shaft comprises a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a drive shaft extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, an ultrasonic transducer disposed near the distal end portion for obtaining a circumferential image through rotation, and a transducer housing molded to the drive shaft and the ultrasonic transducer.